- (a.) Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to a maiden or to maidens; suitable to or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
- (n.) An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
- (a.) Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured or violated.
- (a.) Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt.
- (v.t.) To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.
- (n.) A female servant.
- (n.) An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
- (n.) A machine for washing linen.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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