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Webster 1913 Edition


Maidenhood

Maid′en-hood

,
Noun.
[AS.
maegdenhād
. See
Maid
, and
-hood
.]
1.
The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity.
Shak.
2.
Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.
The
maidenhood

Of thy fight.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Maidenhood

MA'IDENHOOD

, n.
1.
The state of being a maid or virgin; virginity.
The modest lore of maidenhood.
2.
Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.