WIVEHOOD
Wive"hood, n.
Defn: Wifehood. [Obs.] Spenser.
WIVELESS
Wive"less, a.
Defn: Wifeless. [Obs.] Homilies.
WIVELY
Wive"ly, a.
Defn: Wifely. [Obs.] Udall.
WIVER; WIVERN
Wiv"er, Wiv"ern, n. Etym: [OE. wivere a serpent, OF. wivre, guivre,
F. givre, guivre, wiver, from L. vipera; probably influenced by OHG.
wipera, from the Latin. See Viper, and cf. Weever.]
1. (Her.)
Defn: A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs. [Written also wyvern.] The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns, and its dragons. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Zoöl.)