maiden : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: maiden	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for maiden
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maiden adj serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage" Synonym(s): inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden n an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) [syn: maid, maiden] (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored Synonym(s): maiden over, maiden
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maiden \Maid"en\, n. [OE. maiden, meiden, AS. m[91]gden, dim. of AS. m[91]g[?], fr. mago son, servant; akin to G. magd, m[84]dchen, maid, OHG. magad, Icel. m[94]gr son, Goth. magus boy, child, magaps virgin, and perh. to Zend. magu youth. Cf. {Maid} a virgin.] 1. An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid. She employed the residue of her life to repairing of highways, building of bridges, and endowing of maidens. --Carew. A maiden of our century, yet most meek. --Tennyson. 2. A female servant. [Obs.] 3. An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals. --Wharton. 4. A machine for washing linen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maiden \Maid"en\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. [bd]Amid the maiden throng.[b8] --Addison. Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak. 2. Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt. [bd]A surprising old maiden lady.[b8] --Thackeray. 3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused. [bd]Maiden flowers.[b8] --Shak. Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. --Shak. 4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay. {Maiden assize} (Eng. Law), 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. --Smart. {Maiden name}, the surname of a woman before her marriage. {Maiden pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}. {Maiden plum} (Bot.), a West Indian tree ({Comocladia integrifolia}) with purplish drupes. The sap of the tree is glutinous, and gives a persistent black stain. {Maiden speech}, the first speech made by a person, esp. by a new member in a public body. {Maiden tower}, the tower most capable of resisting an enemy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maiden \Maid"en\, v. t. To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object. For had I maiden'd it, as many use. Loath for to grant, but loather to refuse. --Bp. Hall.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Maiden, NC (town, FIPS 40660) Location: 35.57578 N, 81.20615 W Population (1990): 2574 (1023 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28650