Spinning amongst her maids.
Shak.
Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female,
as in maid child, maidservant.
4. (Zoöl.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia
batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata). [Prov. Eng.]
Fair maid. (Zoöl.) See under Fair, a. -- 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.
Maid"en (?), n. [OE. maiden, meiden, AS. mægden, dim. of AS. mæg&?;,
fr. mago son, servant; akin to G. magd, mädchen, maid, OHG. magad,
Icel. mögr 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.
She employed the residue of her life to repairing of highways,
building of bridges, and endowing of maidens.
Carew.
A maiden of our century, yet most meek.
Tennyson.