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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.

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..

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

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

Third :: Third (n.) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life..

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..

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

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

Widow-hunter :: Widow-hunter (n.) One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune..

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..

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

Duchess :: Duchess (n.) The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right..

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..

Dower :: Dower (n.) That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband..

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

Electress :: Electress (n.) The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire.

Widowerhood :: Widowerhood (n.) The state of being a widower.

Matron :: Matron (n.) A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners..

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

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