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

Discovert :: Discovert (a.) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.

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

Widower :: Widower (n.) A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again..

Vidual :: Vidual (a.) Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed.

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

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

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..

Suttle :: Sutteeism (n.) The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.

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

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.

Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease..

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

Viduity :: Viduity (n.) Widowhood.

Tudor :: Tudor (a.) Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. The first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth..

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

Widowhood :: Widowhood (n.) Estate settled on a widow.

Suttee :: Suttee (n.) A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character..

Lone :: Lone (a.) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood..

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..

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