Index of English words, starting with "ma"

(1) - Maiden (v. t.) To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.
(2) - Maiden (a.) Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.
(3) - Maiden (a.) Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
(4) - Maiden (a.) Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt.
(5) - Maiden (a.) Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
(6) - Maiden (n.) A machine for washing linen.
(7) - Maiden (n.) An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals.
(8) - Maiden (n.) A female servant.
(9) - Maiden (n.) An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.

(1) - Maidenhair (n.) A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is sometimes used in medicine. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair.