widom.html - See: GOLF WIDOW.

widom.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not married again.
2 a woman whose husband is often away on a specified activity (golf widow).
3 extra cards dealt separately and taken by the highest bidder.
4 Printing the short last line of a paragraph at the top of a page or column.

--v.

tr.
1 make into a widow or widower.
2 (as widowed adj.) bereft by the death of a spouse (my widowed mother).
3 (foll. by of) deprive of.

widow-bird a whydah. widow's cruse an apparently small supply that proves or seems inexhaustible (see 1 Kgs. 17:10-16). widow's mite a small money contribution (see Mark 12:42). widow's peak a V-shaped growth of hair towards the centre of the forehead. widow's weeds see WEEDS . [OE widewe, rel. to OHG wituwa, Skr. vidhÁva, L viduus bereft, widowed, Gk eitheos unmarried man]

widom.html - n.
a man who has lost his wife by death and has not married again.

widom.html - n.
the state or period of being a widow.

widom.html - See: FAR AND WIDE, GIVE A WIDE BERTH.

widom.html - {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. Far from the target or the thing aimed at. * /James threw a stone at the cat but it went wide of the mark./ 2. Far from the truth; incorrect. * /You were wide of the mark when you said I did it, because Bill did it./ Contrast: HIT THE BULL'S-EYE, HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.