MAIDEN

Definitions

1. 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. 2. A female servant. [Obs.]
3. 3. An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals. Wharton.
4. 4. A machine for washing linen.