Defn: Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.
WIDEWHERE
Wide"where`, adv. Etym: [See Wide, and Where.]
Defn: Widely; far and wide. [Obs.] Chaucer.
WIDGEON Widg"eon, n. Etym: [Probably from an old French form of F. vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio, -onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially
those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common
European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (A.
Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also
baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck,
and whitebelly. Bald-faced, or Green-headed, widgeon, the American
widgeon.
— Black widgeon, the European tufted duck.
— Gray widgeon. (a) The gadwall. (b) The pintail duck.
— Great headed widgeon, the poachard.
— Pied widgeon. (a) The poachard. (b) The goosander. Saw-billed
widgeon, the merganser.
— Sea widgeon. See in the Vocabulary.
— Spear widgeon, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.] — Spoonbilled
widgeon, the shoveler.
— White widgeon, the smew.
— Wood widgeon, the wood duck.
WIDISH
Wid"ish, a.
Defn: Moderately wide. Tyndall.
WIDMANSTATTEN FIGURES; WIDMANSTAETTEN FIGURES
Wid"man*stät`ten fig"ures. (Min.)
Defn: Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; — so called after A. B. Widmanstätten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite.
WIDOW Wid"ow, n. Etym: [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, OIr. fedb, W. gweddw, L. vidua, Skr. vidhava; and probably to Skr. vidh to be empty, to lack; cf. Gr. Vidual.]