hempen widow | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Hempen
·adj Like hemp. II. Hempen ·adj Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord. ...

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Widow
·vt To endow with a widow's right. II. Widow ·adj <<Widowed>>. III. Widow ·vt To become, or surviv...

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Widow
Under the Mosaic dispensation no legal provision was made for the maintenance of widows. They were l...

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hempen fever
A man who was hanged is said to have died of a hempen fever; and, in Dorsetshire, to have been stabb...

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Widow bird
·- ·see Whidan bird. ...

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Widow-hunter
·noun One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune. ...

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Widow-maker
·noun One who makes widows by destroying husbands. ...

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Widow-wail
·noun A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe. ...

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Chuck-Will's-widow
·noun A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; — so calle...

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chuck-will's-widow
The common name of a bird of a bird of the whippoorwill family (capimulgus Caroniensis). Mr. Audubon...

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