【使用地区】：美国新英格兰地区各州

【释义】：

(1)A sailing ship’s bowsprit or jib boom，so called because sailors who lost their hold on it while working on the headsails in rough seas often lost their lives．(2)The sea，because it makes widows of so many women．(3)A tree in a precarious position that looks as if it will fall and kill a man．

此词的字面意思是“寡妇制造者”，其意义是：(1)航船的船首斜桁或三角帆。因为在汹涌的大海里，水手一旦抓不住第一斜桅，便会丧命(这样就又多了个寡妇)。(2)大海，因为大海使许多女人成为寡妇。(3)处于危险位置的树，看起来会倒下杀人(因而又多了个寡妇)。