Maiden

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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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