Definition of Maidin
Maid"en, a. 1. Of
or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or
characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. "Amid
the maiden throng." 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. "A surprising
old maiden lady." Thackeray.
3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure;
hitherto unused. "Maiden flowers." 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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
MAIDEN, n. A young person of the unfair sex addicted to clewless
conduct and views that madden to crime. The genus has a wide
geographical distribution, being found wherever sought and deplored
wherever found. The maiden is not altogether unpleasing to the eye,
nor (without her piano and her views) insupportable to the ear, though
in respect to comeliness distinctly inferior to the rainbow, and, with
regard to the part of her that is audible, bleating out of the field
by the canary -- which, also, is more portable.
A lovelorn maiden she sat and sang --
This quaint, sweet song sang she;
"It's O for a youth with a football bang
And a muscle fair to see!
The Captain he
Of a team to be!
On the gridiron he shall shine,
A monarch by right divine,
And never to roast on it -- me!"
Opoline Jones
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- an unmarried young woman
- a virgin
She's unmarried and still a maiden.
- (cricket) a maiden over
- describing a first occurrence or event
The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.
- (cricket) describing an over in which no runs are scored
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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