Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.

2. (n.) The property with which a woman is endowed

3. (n.) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.

4. (n.) That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband.