Webster's Dictionary 1913

1810

Widely

Wide″ly, adv. 1. In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles.2. Very much; to a great degree or extent...

1811

Widen

Wid″en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Widened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Widening.] To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a bre...

1812

Widen (2)

Wid″en, v. i. To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.Arches widen, and long aisles extend. Pope.

1813

Wideness

Wide″ness (?), n. 1. The quality or state of being wide; breadth; width; great extent from side to side; as, the wideness of a room. “I landed in a small creek about the widenes...

1814

Widespread

Wide″spread′ (?), a. Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.

1815

Widewhere

Wide″where′ (?), adv. [See Wide, and Where.] Widely; far and wide. Chaucer.

1816

Widgeon

Widg″eon (?), n. [Probably from an old French form of F. vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio, -onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several s...

1817

Widish

Wid″ish (?), a. Moderately wide. Tyndall.

1818

Widmanstätten figures

Wid″man‐stät′ten fig″ures (?). (Min.) Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; — so called after A. B. Widmanstätten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See ...

1819

Widow

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, O...

1820

Widow (2)

Wid″ow, a. Widowed. “A widow woman.” 1 Kings xvii. 9. “This widow lady.” Shak.

1821

Widow (3)

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.T...

1822

Widow (4)

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

1823

Widow bird

Wid″ow bird′ (?). (Zoöl.) See Whidan bird.

1824

Widow-hunter

Wid″ow–hunt′er (?), n. One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune. Addison.

1825

Widow-maker

Wid″ow–mak′er (?), n. One who makes widows by destroying husbands. Shak.

1826

Widow-wail

Wid″ow–wail′ (?), n.(Bot.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe.

1827

Widower

Wid″ow‐er (?), n. A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again. Shak.

1828

Widowerhood

Wid″ow‐er‐hood (?), n. The state of being a widower.

1829

Widowhood

Wid″ow‐hood (?), n. 1. The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower.Johnson clung to her memory during a widowh...

1830

Widowly

Wid″ow‐ly, a. Becoming or like a widow.

1831

Width

Width (?), n. [From Wide.] The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.

1832

Widual

Wid″u‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a widow; vidual. Bale.

1833

Widwe

Wid″we (?), n. A widow. Chaucer.

1834

Wield

Wield (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wielded; p. pr. & vb. n.Wielding.] [OE. welden to govern, to have power over, to possess, AS. geweldan, gewyldan, from wealdan; akin to OS. waldan,...

1835

Wieldable

Wield″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being wielded.

1836

Wieldance

Wield″ance (?), n. The act or power of wielding. “Our weak wieldance.” Bp. Hall.