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Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir..

Whidah Bird :: Whidah bird () Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch..

Widual :: Widual (a.) Of or pertaining to a widow; vidual.

Relict :: Relict (n.) A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.

Widow-maker :: Widow-maker (n.) One who makes widows by destroying husbands.

Weed :: Weed (n.) An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on his hat; especially, in the plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's weeds..

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To become, or survive as, the widow of..

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To endow with a widow's right.

Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

Sutteeism :: Suttee (n.) The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.

Hatchment :: Hatchment (n.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement..

Widow-wail :: Widow-wail (n.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe..

Widow Bird :: Widow bird () See Whidan bird.

Widowhood :: Widowhood (n.) The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower..

Widow :: Widow (a.) Widowed.

Widwe :: Widwe (n.) A widow.

Palsgravine :: Palsgravine (n.) The consort or widow of a palsgrave.

Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend..

Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.

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