Maid
Maid , noun
[Shortened from maiden. {not transcribed}. 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.
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me.
2.
A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obsolete]
Christ was a maid and shapen as a man.
3.
A female servant.
Spinning amongst her maids.
Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
4.
(Zoology) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (Raia clavata). [Provincial English]