Noah Webster
Maiden
MA'IDEN, noun
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.
MA'IDEN, noun A maid; also, an instrument for beheading criminals, and another for washing linen.
MA'IDEN, adjective Pertaining to a young woman or virgin; as maiden charms.
1. Consisting of young women or virgins.
Amid the maiden throng.
2. Fresh; new; unused.
He fleshed his maiden sword.
MA'IDEN, verb intransitive To speak and act demurely or modestly.