wiv

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wived p. pr. & vb. n. Wiving. ] [ AS. wīfian, gewīfian. See Wite. ] To marry, as a man; to take a wife. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wifehood. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wifeless. [ Obs. ] Homilies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wifely. [ Obs. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs. [ Written also wyvern. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns, and its dragons. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The weever. [ 1913 Webster ]