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Maiden

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

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