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

By-and-by he'll be rememberin' she's Sir Gerald's widdy, and'll be askin' me ashamed-like, 'I hope I didn't say too much about her Ladyship in my timper, Pat.

From Mary Gray by Tynan, Katharine

“Well, she is a widdy woman, and her name is a Mrs. Wright, and she come from Callyfoundland.”

From Her Mother's Secret by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

"Yes sir," he went on opening up his eyes triumphantly, "a widdy woman—says you owe her two-bits for some bread!"

From Rimrock Jones by Coolidge, Dane

"I have a towken that ye're not the widdy ye think ye are."

From The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

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

From Jack Haydon's Quest by Jellicoe, John