MAIDEN

Maiden

The Maiden is an early form of guillotine, or gibbet, that was used between the 16th and 18th centuries as a means of execution in Edinburgh, Scotland. The device was introduced in 1564 during the reign of Mary Queen of Scots.

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maiden

Noun

  1. A girl or an unmarried young woman.
  2. A female virgin.
    She's unmarried and still a maiden.
  3. A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
  4. A maidservant.
  5. An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
  6. A racehorse without any victory ('virgin record').
  7. A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
  8. A maiden over.
  9. A machine for washing linen.

Adjective

  1. Virgin.
  2. Without offspring.
  3. Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
  4. Being a first occurrence or event.
    The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.
  5. Being an over in which no runs are scored.
  6. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
  7. Of a fortress, never having been captured or violated.


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