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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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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-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..

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

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.

Widowing :: Widowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wido.

Widowed :: Widowed (imp. & p. p.) of Wido.

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..

Widwe :: Widwe (n.) A widow.

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

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..

Viduage :: Viduage (n.) The state of widows or of widowhood; also, widows, collectively..

Chuck-will''s-widow :: Chuck-Will's-widow (n.) A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note..

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