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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Wid·ow n.  A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.  “A poor widow.”
 2. Card Playing In various games (such as “hearts”), any extra hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table.  It may be taken by one of the players under certain circumstances.
 Grass widow. See under Grass.
 Widow bewitched, a woman separated from her husband; a grass widow. [Colloq.]
 Widow-in-mourning Zool., the macavahu.
 Widow monkey Zool., 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.