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Maiden [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Pertaining to a young woman or virgin; as maiden charms.

2. Consisting of young women or virgins.

3. Amid the maiden throng.

4. Fresh; new; unused.

5. He fleshed his maiden sword.

Maiden [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An unmarried woman, or a young unmarried woman; a virgin.

2. A female servant.

3. It is used in composition, to express the feminine gender, as in maid-servant.

4. A maid; also, an instrument for beheading criminals, and another for washing linen.

Maiden [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To speak and act demurely or modestly.

Maiden [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.

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.

3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.

4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.

Maiden [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.

2. A female servant.

3. An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.

4. A machine for washing linen.

Maiden [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.

Maidenhair [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant of the genus Adiantum.

Maidenhair [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is sometimes used in medicine. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair.

Maidenhead [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity.

2. The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity.

3. The hymen, or virginal membrane.

Maidenhead Encyclopedia Britannica

MAIDENHEAD, a municipal borough and markettown in Berkshire, England, in the diocese of Oxford, 22∣ miles from London, 13⅛ from Reading, and 6 from Windsor. It was formerly called Maidenhythe, a wharf for timber and a wooden bridge across the Thames having existed there from very early times. In 1352 Edward III. incorporated a guild to keep the bridge in repair. In 1400 the duke of Surrey and the followers of Richard II. held the bridge against the new king, Henry IV., and at nightfall made good their retreat. In July 1647 a meeting took place at the Greyhound Inn between Charles I. and his three children. The church, dedicated to St Andrew and St Mary Magdalene, was originally founded by Margaret of France in 1270, and it was rebuilt on the same site in 1724; but in 1826 it was entirely taken down, and a new church was erected at the east end of the High Street. A church dedicated to St Luke was erected in 1867, and enlarged in 1869. The town contains a small town-hall, a large hall recently erected for concerts and lectures, schools, almhouses, and Roman Catholic, Wesleyan, and Baptist places of worship. There are numerous charities for the education and maintenance of poor persons. The principal trades are in malt, meal, and timber. A fine stone bridge across the Thames was erected at a cost of .£20,000 in 1772, connecting Berkshire with Buckingham. The scenery around Maidenhead is extremely picturesque, and several noblemen’s seats are in the neighbourhood. Population in 1871, 6173; in 1881, 8219.

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Maidenhood [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The state of being a maid or virgin; virginity.

2. The modest lore of maidenhood

3. Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.

Maidenhood [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity.

2. Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.

Maidenlike [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Like a maid; modest.

Maidenlike [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Like a maiden; modest; coy.

Maidenliness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.

Maidenliness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.

Maidenlip [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant.

Maidenly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Like a maid; gentle; modest; reserved.

Maidenly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a maidenlike manner.

Maidenly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest, reserved.

Maidenly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a maidenlike manner.

Maidenship [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Maidenhood.

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Genesis 24:43

Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’

Genesis 30:18

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

Exodus 2:5

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.

Judges 19:24

Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.

Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”

Ruth 2:8

Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.

Ruth 2:22

And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”

Ruth 2:23

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Ruth 3:2

And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

1 Samuel 9:11

And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”

1 Samuel 25:42

And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.

2 Chronicles 36:17

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,

Esther 2:4

And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

Then let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.

Esther 2:8

So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.

Esther 2:9

And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.

And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.

Esther 2:13

Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.

When the young woman would go to the king, she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.

Esther 4:4

So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.

When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.

Esther 4:16

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

Job 41:5

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?

Psalms 68:25

The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.

Psalms 78:63

The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.