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Webster 1913 Edition

Maid

Maid

,
Noun.
[Shortened from
maiden
.
[GREEK]
. See
Maiden
.]
1.
An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.
Would I had died a
maid
,
And never seen thee, never borne thee son.
Shakespeare
Can a
maid
forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me.
Jer. ii. 32.
2.
A man who has not had sexual intercourse.
[Obs.]
Christ was a
maid
and shapen as a man.
Chaucer.
3.
A female servant.
Spinning amongst her
maids
.
Shakespeare
☞ Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
4.
(Zool.)
The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (
Raia batis
), and of the thornback (
Raia clavata
).
[Prov. Eng.]
Fair maid
.
(Zool.)
See under
Fair
,
Adj.
–
Maid of honor
,
a female attendant of a queen or royal princess; – usually of noble family, and having to perform only nominal or honorary duties.
–
Old maid
.
See under
Old
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Maid

MAID

,
Noun.
A species of skate fish.

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