widdy

¹

[ wid-ee ]

noun

, Chiefly Scot.

, plural wid·dies.

1. a band or rope, traditionally one made from intertwined willow twigs.
2. a hangman's rope; noose.

widdy

²

[ wid-ee ]

noun

, Dialect.

, plural wid·dies.

1. widow.

Word History and Origins

Origin of widdy¹

1400–50; late Middle English (north), variant of withy

Origin of widdy²

Analogous to widder, with -y ²

Example Sentences

Wid that we wint aff to the widdy's, next door, and ye may well say it was an illigant place; so it was.

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Thus they worked toward the Widdy Baggs's till they came to a dry brook bed.

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It's some of them blathering Barneys that's after calling me Bridget a widdy.

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"You never cried Widdy Warning before you begun tonight," cries Durdles, unexpectedly reminded of, or imagining an injury.

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Widdy, wid′i, provincial form of widow and of withy (see Withe).

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