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Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark..

Orbation :: Orbation (n.) The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement..

Bereft :: Bereft () imp. & p. p. of Bereave.

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

Stepchild :: Stepchild (n.) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.

Orphan :: Orphan (a.) Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent..

Reaver :: Reaver (n.) One who reaves.

Greaved :: Greaved (imp. & p. p.) of Greav.

Greaves :: Greaves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings.

Viduation :: Viduation (n.) The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement.

Reiver :: Reiver (n.) See Reaver.

Unreaved :: Unreaved (a.) Not torn, split, or parted; not torn to pieces..

Grave :: Grave (v. t.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose..

Rafte :: Rafte () imp. of Reave.

Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of..

Giambeux :: Giambeux (n. pl.) Greaves; armor for the legs.

Greave :: Greave (v. t.) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.

Widow :: Widow (n.) A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband..

Raft :: Raft () imp. & p. p. of Reave.

Graves :: Graves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.

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