widdy

¹ American  

[wid-ee] / ˈwɪd i /

Also widdie,

noun

Chiefly Scot.

plural

widdies

1. a band or rope, traditionally one made from intertwined willow twigs.

2. a hangman's rope; noose.

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widdy ² American  

[wid-ee] / ˈwɪd i /

noun

Dialect.

plural

widdies

1. widow.

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Etymology

Origin of widdy¹

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

Origin of widdy²

Analogous to widder, with -y ²

Example Sentences

It's nae laughing to girn in a widdy.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

Where's the lone, lorn widdy and the poor orphans.

From Jack Haydon's Quest by Jellicoe, John

Willum, my boy, here’s your brother’s widdy bin caught in a squall, had her sails blown to ribbons, bin throw’d on her beam-ends, and every stick torn out of her.

From Rivers of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Yees didn't, yer rech; is that the way your after crawlin outer it, after try in to ruin a respectibel widdy like meself?

From The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885 by Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller

Anyhow I’ve seen her only now an’ then; but the poor widdy comes rig’lar—though I do belave she does it widout pay.

From Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)