To do the work of a maid: usually referring to a lady's-maid.
noun.
A young unmarried woman; a girl; specifically, a girl of marriageable age, but applied, usually with little or some other qualifying term, to a female child of any age above infancy: as, a maid, or a little maid, of ten summers.
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A woman, especially a young woman, who has preserved her virginity; a virgin.
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A man who has always remained continent.
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A female servant or attendant charged with domestic duties: usually with a specific designation, as a housemaid, chambermaid, nurse-maid, a maid of all work, etc. See the compounds, and phrases below.
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One of various fishes. The female of several species of skate.
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The thornback ray. Also called maiden and maidenskate.
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The twait-shad.
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The wryneck, Iynx torquilla.
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A sort of cheesecake.
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A game of cards played by any number of persons with a pack of fifty-one cards, one of the queens being thrown out; all cards that match are discarded, and that player in whose hand the odd queen is finally left is said to be caught, and doomed to be an old maid (or bachelor).
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The lapwing: from the fancy that old maids are changed into these uneasy birds after death.
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The common clam, Mya arenaria.