Maiden

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An unmarried girl or woman.
  • noun. A woman or girl who is a virgin.
  • noun. A machine resembling the guillotine, used in Scotland in the 1500s and 1600s to behead criminals.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A racehorse that has never won a race.
  • noun. undefined
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or befitting a maiden.
  • adjective. Being an unmarried girl or woman.
  • adjective. Being a racehorse that has never won a race.
  • adjective. First or earliest.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To act or speak in a maidenly manner; behave modestly or demurely.
  • noun. A maid, in any sense of that word. See maid.
  • noun. An animal or a thing that is young, new, inexperienced, untried, or untaken.
  • noun. The last handful of corn cut down by the reapers on a farm. It is dressed up with ribbons.
  • noun. A wisp of straw put into a hoop of iron, used by a blacksmith in watering his fire.
  • noun. An instrument of capital punishment formerly used.
  • noun. A mallet for beating linen, used in washing.
  • Being a maid; belonging to the class of maids or virgins.
  • Of or pertaining to a maid or to maids: as, maiden charms.
  • Like a maid in any respect; virginal; chaste.
  • Young; fresh; new; hitherto untried or unused; unsullied; unstained.
  • noun. A frame on which clothes are dried.
  • noun. plural See mingles.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.
  • transitive verb. the smaller quaking grass.
  • transitive verb. See Ginkgo.
  • noun. An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
  • noun. A female servant.
  • noun. An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
  • noun. A machine for washing linen.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin.
  • adjective. Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man.
  • adjective. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
  • adjective. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.
  • adjective. an assize which there is no criminal prosecution; an assize which is unpolluted with blood. It was usual, at such an assize, for the sheriff to present the judge with a pair of white gloves.
  • adjective. the surname of a woman before her marriage.
  • adjective. See under Pink.
  • adjective. a West Indian tree (Comocladia integrifolia) with purplish drupes. The sap of the tree is glutinous, and gives a persistent black stain.
  • adjective. the first speech made by a person, esp. by a new member in a public body.
  • adjective. the tower most capable of resisting an enemy.
  • adjective. the first regular service voyage of a ship.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A girl or an unmarried young woman.
  • noun. A female virgin.
  • noun. A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
  • noun. A maidservant.
  • noun. An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
  • noun. A racehorse without any victory ('virgin record').
  • noun. A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
  • noun. A maiden over.
  • Word Usage
    "IT passeth for a general report of what was customary in former times, that the sheriff of the county used to present the judge with a pair of white gloves at those which we call maiden assizes, viz. when no malefactor is put to death therein; a great rarity (though usual in small) in large and populous countries."
    Equivalent
    opening  
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    over  
    Rhyme
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    Aden  Baden  Braden  Hayden  Kaden  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    angel  beauty  bride  companion  creature  
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