Maiden

·noun A female servant.

II. Maiden ·noun A machine for washing linen.

III. Maiden ·adj Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.

IV. Maiden ·vt To act coyly like a maiden;

— with it as an indefinite object.

V. Maiden ·adj Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.

VI. Maiden ·noun An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.

VII. Maiden ·noun An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.

VIII. Maiden ·adj Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.

IX. Maiden ·adj Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin;

— said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt.