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. (Obs.) "Christ was a maid and shapen as a man."
3.A female servant. "Spinning amongst her maids." Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
4.(Zool.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (Raia clavata). (Prov. Eng.)
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