\Wid"ow\, n. (Card Playing)
In various games, any extra hand or part of a hand, as one
dealt to the table.

\Wid"ow\, n. [OE. widewe, widwe, AS. weoduwe, widuwe,
wuduwe; akin to OFries. widwe, OS. widowa, D. weduwe, G.
wittwe, witwe, OHG. wituwa, witawa, Goth. widuw?, Russ.
udova, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhav[=a]; and
probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. ? a
bachelor. ????. Cf. {Vidual}.]
A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not
married again; one living bereaved of a husband. ``A poor
widow.'' --Chaucer.
{Grass widow}. See under {Grass}.
{Widow bewitched}, a woman separated from her husband; a
   grass widow. [Colloq.]
{Widow-in-mourning} (Zo["o]l.), the macavahu.
{Widow monkey} (Zo["o]l.), a small South American monkey
   ({Callithrix lugens}); -- so called on account of its
   color, which is black except the dull whitish arms, neck,
   and face, and a ring of pure white around the face.
{Widow's chamber} (Eng. Law), in London, the apparel and
   furniture of the bedchamber of the widow of a freeman, to
   which she was formerly entitled.

\Wid"ow\, a.
Widowed. ``A widow woman.'' --1 Kings xvii. 9. ``This widow
lady.'' --Shak.

\Wid"ow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Widowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Widowing}.]
1. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a
   husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
         Though in thus city he Hath widowed and unchilded
         many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury.
                                               --Shak.
2. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything
   beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to
   bereave.
         The widowed isle, in mourning, Dries up her tears.
                                               --Dryden.
         Tress of their shriveled fruits Are widowed, dreary
         storms o'er all prevail.              --J. Philips.
         Mourn, widowed queen; forgotten Sion, mourn.
                                               --Heber.
3. To endow with a widow's right. [R.] --Shak.
4. To become, or survive as, the widow of. [Obs.]
         Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and
         widow them all.                       --Shak.