| slovo | definícia |
maiden
(encz) | maiden,nedotčený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
maiden
(encz) | maiden,netknutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
maiden
(encz) | maiden,panenský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
maiden
(encz) | maiden,panna n: luke |
maiden
(encz) | maiden,první adj: [bás.] Pavel Machek; Giza |
Maiden
(gcide) | Maiden \Maid"en\ (m[=a]d"'n), n. [OE. maiden, meiden, AS.
maegden, dim. of AS. maeg[eth], fr. mago son, servant; akin
to G. magd, m[aum]dchen, maid, OHG. magad, Icel. m["o]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.
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She employed the residue of her life to repairing of
highways, building of bridges, and endowing of
maidens. --Carew.
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A maiden of our century, yet most meek. --Tennyson.
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2. A female servant. [Obs.]
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3. An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in
Scotland for beheading criminals. --Wharton.
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4. A machine for washing linen.
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Maiden
(gcide) | Maiden \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.
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Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak.
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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.
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3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
"Maiden flowers." --Shak.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been
captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay.
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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.
maiden voyage the first regular service voyage of a ship.
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Maiden
(gcide) | Maiden \Maid"en\, v. t.
To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite
object.
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For had I maiden'd it, as many use.
Loath for to grant, but loather to refuse. --Bp. Hall.
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Maiden grass, the smaller quaking grass.
Maiden tree. See Ginkgo.
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maiden
(wn) | maiden
adj 1: 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" [syn:
inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first,
maiden]
n 1: an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) [syn: maid,
maiden]
2: (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored [syn: {maiden
over}, maiden] |
maiden
(devil) | 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
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
climbing maidenhair
(encz) | climbing maidenhair, n: |
climbing maidenhair fern
(encz) | climbing maidenhair fern, n: |
common maidenhair
(encz) | common maidenhair, n: |
five-fingered maidenhair fern
(encz) | five-fingered maidenhair fern, n: |
golden maidenhair
(encz) | golden maidenhair, n: |
handmaiden
(encz) | handmaiden,služka n: Zdeněk Brož |
iron maiden
(encz) | iron maiden, n: |
maiden
(encz) | maiden,nedotčený adj: Zdeněk Brožmaiden,netknutý adj: Zdeněk Brožmaiden,panenský adj: Zdeněk Brožmaiden,panna n: lukemaiden,první adj: [bás.] Pavel Machek; Giza |
maiden aunt
(encz) | maiden aunt, n: |
maiden blue-eyed mary
(encz) | maiden blue-eyed Mary, n: |
maiden name
(encz) | maiden name,dívčí jméno webmaiden name,rozená |
maiden over
(encz) | maiden over, n: |
maiden pink
(encz) | maiden pink, n: |
maidenhair
(encz) | maidenhair, |
maidenhair berry
(encz) | maidenhair berry, n: |
maidenhair fern
(encz) | maidenhair fern,druh kapradí Zdeněk Brož |
maidenhair spleenwort
(encz) | maidenhair spleenwort, n: |
maidenhair tree
(encz) | maidenhair tree, n: |
maidenhead
(encz) | maidenhead,panenská blána n: lukemaidenhead,panenství n: luke |
maidenhood
(encz) | maidenhood,panenství n: luke |
maidenlike
(encz) | maidenlike,panenský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
maidenliness
(encz) | maidenliness, n: |
maidenly
(encz) | maidenly,panensky adj: luke |
maidens
(encz) | maidens,děvčata n: Zdeněk Brožmaidens,panny n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
southern maidenhair
(encz) | southern maidenhair, n: |
Handmaiden
(gcide) | Handmaid \Hand"maid`\ (h[a^]nd"m[=a]d`), Handmaiden
\Hand"maid`en\ (h[a^]nd"m[=a]d`'n), n.
A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
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2. Something or someone serving in a subordinate position;
as, theology should be the handmaiden of ethics. [WordNet
sense 1]
Syn: handmaid, servant.
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iron maiden
(gcide) | iron maiden \i"ron maid"en\, n.
An instrument of torture used in the middle ages, consisting
of a box large enough to hold a person, often in the shape of
a woman, and having multiple sharp spikes on the inside.
Called also the iron maiden of Nuremberg.
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iron maiden of Nuremberg
(gcide) | iron maiden \i"ron maid"en\, n.
An instrument of torture used in the middle ages, consisting
of a box large enough to hold a person, often in the shape of
a woman, and having multiple sharp spikes on the inside.
Called also the iron maiden of Nuremberg.
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Maiden assize
(gcide) | Maiden \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.
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Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak.
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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.
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3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
"Maiden flowers." --Shak.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been
captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay.
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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.
maiden voyage the first regular service voyage of a ship.
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maiden aunt
(gcide) | maiden aunt \maiden aunt\ n.
Literally, an aunt who has never been married. Figuratively,
it is a term used as the prototype of a person who is broadly
naive and not wise in worldly ways; as, he knows as much
about programming as my maiden aunt.
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maiden blue-eyed mary
(gcide) | maiden blue-eyed mary \maiden blue-eyed mary\ n.
A small widely branching Western wildflower ({Collinsia
parviflora}) with tiny blue-and-white flowers; found from
British Columbia to Ontaria and south to California and
Colorado.
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maiden duck
(gcide) | Shoveler \Shov"el*er\, n. [Also shoveller.]
1. One who, or that which, shovels.
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2. (Zool.) A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of
Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards
the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green,
blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and
neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill,
shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler,
or shovel-nosed duck (Spatula rhynchotis), is a similar
species.
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Maiden grass
(gcide) | Maiden \Maid"en\, v. t.
To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite
object.
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For had I maiden'd it, as many use.
Loath for to grant, but loather to refuse. --Bp. Hall.
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Maiden grass, the smaller quaking grass.
Maiden tree. See Ginkgo.
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Maiden name
(gcide) | Maiden \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.
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Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak.
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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.
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3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
"Maiden flowers." --Shak.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been
captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay.
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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.
maiden voyage the first regular service voyage of a ship.
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maiden over
(gcide) | maiden over \maiden over\ n. (cricket)
An over in which no runs are scored.
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Maiden pink
(gcide) | Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the
petals were picked out. Cf. Pink, v. t.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the
caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers,
which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in
cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial
herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome
five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
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2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red
with more or less white; -- so called from the common
color of the flower. --Dryden.
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3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
of something. "The very pink of courtesy." --Shak.
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4. (Zool.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color
of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]
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Bunch pink is Dianthus barbatus.
China pink, or Indian pink. See under China.
Clove pink is Dianthus Caryophyllus, the stock from which
carnations are derived.
Garden pink. See Pheasant's eye.
Meadow pink is applied to Dianthus deltoides; also, to
the ragged robin.
Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides.
Moss pink. See under Moss.
Pink needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long,
tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria.
Sea pink. See Thrift.
[1913 Webster]Maiden \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.
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Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak.
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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.
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3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
"Maiden flowers." --Shak.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been
captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay.
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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.
maiden voyage the first regular service voyage of a ship.
[1913 Webster]maiden pink \maiden pink\ n.
A low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink ({Dianthus
deltoides}) with single crimson-eyed pale pink flowers.
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maiden pink
(gcide) | Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the
petals were picked out. Cf. Pink, v. t.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the
caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers,
which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in
cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial
herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome
five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
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2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red
with more or less white; -- so called from the common
color of the flower. --Dryden.
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3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
of something. "The very pink of courtesy." --Shak.
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4. (Zool.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color
of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]
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Bunch pink is Dianthus barbatus.
China pink, or Indian pink. See under China.
Clove pink is Dianthus Caryophyllus, the stock from which
carnations are derived.
Garden pink. See Pheasant's eye.
Meadow pink is applied to Dianthus deltoides; also, to
the ragged robin.
Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides.
Moss pink. See under Moss.
Pink needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long,
tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria.
Sea pink. See Thrift.
[1913 Webster]Maiden \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.
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Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak.
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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.
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3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
"Maiden flowers." --Shak.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been
captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay.
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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.
maiden voyage the first regular service voyage of a ship.
[1913 Webster]maiden pink \maiden pink\ n.
A low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink ({Dianthus
deltoides}) with single crimson-eyed pale pink flowers.
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Maiden plum
(gcide) | Maiden \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.
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Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak.
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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.
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3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
"Maiden flowers." --Shak.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been
captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay.
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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.
maiden voyage the first regular service voyage of a ship.
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Maiden speech
(gcide) | Maiden \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.
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Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak.
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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.
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3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
"Maiden flowers." --Shak.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been
captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay.
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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.
maiden voyage the first regular service voyage of a ship.
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Maiden tower
(gcide) | Maiden \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.
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Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak.
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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.
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3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
"Maiden flowers." --Shak.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been
captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay.
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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.
maiden voyage the first regular service voyage of a ship.
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Maiden tree
(gcide) | Maiden \Maid"en\, v. t.
To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite
object.
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For had I maiden'd it, as many use.
Loath for to grant, but loather to refuse. --Bp. Hall.
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Maiden grass, the smaller quaking grass.
Maiden tree. See Ginkgo.
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maiden voyage
(gcide) | Maiden \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.
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Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak.
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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.
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3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
"Maiden flowers." --Shak.
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Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. --Shak.
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4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been
captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
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.
maiden voyage the first regular service voyage of a ship.
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maidenhair
(gcide) | maidenhair \maid"en*hair`\, maidenhair fern \maidenhair fern\,
n. (Bot.)
Any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus
Adiantum having very slender graceful stalks and delicate
palmately branched fronds, especially (Adiantum pedatum).
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.
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maidenhair berry
(gcide) | maidenhair berry \maidenhair berry\ n.
A slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet ({Gaultheria
hispidula}) of Northern North America and Japan having white
flowers and numerous white fleshy rough-hairy seeds.
Syn: creeping snowberry, moxie plum, Gaultheria hispidula.
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maidenhair fern
(gcide) | maidenhair fern \maidenhair fern\ n.
See maidenhair.
[PJC]maidenhair \maid"en*hair`\, maidenhair fern \maidenhair fern\,
n. (Bot.)
Any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus
Adiantum having very slender graceful stalks and delicate
palmately branched fronds, especially (Adiantum pedatum).
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.
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maidenhair spleenwort
(gcide) | maidenhair spleenwort \maidenhair spleenwort\ n.
A small rock-inhabiting fern (Asplenium trichomanes) of the
North temperate zone and Hawaii, having pinnate fronds.
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maidenhair tree
(gcide) | Ginkgo \Gink"go\, n.; pl. Ginkgoes. [Chin., silver fruit.]
(Bot.)
A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and
Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Conifer[ae]. Its
leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is
also called the maidenhair tree.
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Ginkgophytamaidenhair tree \maidenhair tree\ n.
A deciduous dioecious gymnospermous Chinese tree ({Ginkgo
biloba}) having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds,
also called the ginkgo; it exists almost exclusively in
cultivation esp. as an ornamental street tree.
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Maidenhead
(gcide) | Maidenhead \Maid"en*head\, n. [See Maidenhood.]
1. The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity.
--Shak.
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2. The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness;
purity. [Obs.]
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The maidenhead of their credit. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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3. The hymen, or virginal membrane.
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Maidenhood
(gcide) | Maidenhood \Maid"en*hood\, n. [AS. maegdenh[=a]d. See Maid,
and -hood.]
1. The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity. --Shak.
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2. Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.
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The maidenhood
Of thy fight. --Shak.
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Maidenlike
(gcide) | Maidenlike \Maid"en*like`\, a.
Like a maiden; modest; coy.
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Maidenliness
(gcide) | Maidenliness \Maid"en*li*ness\, n.
The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a
maid; modesty; gentleness.
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Maidenly
(gcide) | Maidenly \Maid"en*ly\, a.
Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest,
reserved.
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Must you be blushing ? . . .
What a maidenly man-at-arms are you become ! --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Maidenly \Maid"en*ly\, adv.
In a maidenlike manner. "Maidenly demure." --Skelton.
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Maidenship
(gcide) | Maidenship \Maid"en*ship\, n.
Maidenhood. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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Unmaiden
(gcide) | Unmaiden \Un*maid"en\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + maiden.]
To ravish; to deflower. [Obs.]
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Unmaidenly
(gcide) | Unmaidenly \Unmaidenly\
See maidenly. |
american maidenhair fern
(wn) | American maidenhair fern
n 1: hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent
recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes
[syn: American maidenhair fern, {five-fingered maidenhair
fern}, Adiantum pedatum] |
barbados maidenhair
(wn) | Barbados maidenhair
n 1: named for a country house in Barbados where it was
discovered [syn: Farley maidenhair, {Farley maidenhair
fern}, Barbados maidenhair, glory fern, {Adiantum
tenerum farleyense}] |
bermuda maidenhair
(wn) | Bermuda maidenhair
n 1: delicate endemic Bermudian fern with creeping rootstock
[syn: Bermuda maidenhair, Bermuda maidenhair fern,
Adiantum bellum] |
bermuda maidenhair fern
(wn) | Bermuda maidenhair fern
n 1: delicate endemic Bermudian fern with creeping rootstock
[syn: Bermuda maidenhair, Bermuda maidenhair fern,
Adiantum bellum] |
brittle maidenhair
(wn) | brittle maidenhair
n 1: tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated
[syn: brittle maidenhair, brittle maidenhair fern,
Adiantum tenerum] |
brittle maidenhair fern
(wn) | brittle maidenhair fern
n 1: tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated
[syn: brittle maidenhair, brittle maidenhair fern,
Adiantum tenerum] |
climbing maidenhair
(wn) | climbing maidenhair
n 1: tropical fern widespread in Old World; naturalized in
Jamaica and Florida [syn: climbing maidenhair, {climbing
maidenhair fern}, snake fern, Lygodium microphyllum] |
climbing maidenhair fern
(wn) | climbing maidenhair fern
n 1: tropical fern widespread in Old World; naturalized in
Jamaica and Florida [syn: climbing maidenhair, {climbing
maidenhair fern}, snake fern, Lygodium microphyllum] |
common maidenhair
(wn) | common maidenhair
n 1: delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf
stalks; cosmopolitan [syn: common maidenhair,
Venushair, Venus'-hair fern, southern maidenhair,
Venus maidenhair, Adiantum capillus-veneris] |
farley maidenhair
(wn) | Farley maidenhair
n 1: named for a country house in Barbados where it was
discovered [syn: Farley maidenhair, {Farley maidenhair
fern}, Barbados maidenhair, glory fern, {Adiantum
tenerum farleyense}] |
farley maidenhair fern
(wn) | Farley maidenhair fern
n 1: named for a country house in Barbados where it was
discovered [syn: Farley maidenhair, {Farley maidenhair
fern}, Barbados maidenhair, glory fern, {Adiantum
tenerum farleyense}] |
five-fingered maidenhair fern
(wn) | five-fingered maidenhair fern
n 1: hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent
recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes
[syn: American maidenhair fern, {five-fingered maidenhair
fern}, Adiantum pedatum] |
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