1. Noun
An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
2. Noun
A female servant.
3. Noun
An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
4. Noun
A machine for washing linen.
5. Adjective
Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
6. Adjective
Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt.
7. Adjective
Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
8. Adjective
Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.
9. Verb
To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.
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