| Maiden (maiden) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Maid"en |
| [OE. maiden,
meiden, AS. mægden, dim. of AS.
mæg(?), fr. mago son, servant; akin to G.
magd, mädchen, maid, OHG. magad, Icel.
mögr son, |
An unmarried woman; a girl or woman
who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a
maid.
A female servant.
An instrument resembling the guillotine,
formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
A machine for washing linen.
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Of
or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or
characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
Never having been married; not having had
sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but
sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt.
Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure;
hitherto unused.
Used of a fortress, signifying that it has
never been captured, or violated.
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| Maiden (maiden) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Maid"en |
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To act coyly like a
maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.
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