Vocabulary : Widewhere to Widowhood
Widewhere : Widely; far and wide.Widgeon : Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (A. Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and whitebelly.
Widish : Moderately wide.
Widmanstatten figures : Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after A. B. Widmanstatten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite.
Widow : In various games, any extra hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table. ;; A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband. ;; Widowed. ;; To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle. ;; To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave. ;; To endow with a widow's right. ;; To become, or survive as, the widow of.
