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Webster 1913 Edition


Maidenhead

Maid′en-head

,
Noun.
[See
Maidenhood
.]
1.
The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity.
Shak.
2.
The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity.
[Obs.]
The
maidenhead
of their credit.
Sir H. Wotton.
3.
The hymen, or virginal membrane.