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Look up: Maiden

  1. Maiden
    The spirit of the wild, untamed feminine; the young Goddess. The strong, free Goddess. The Waxing Crescent Moon Goddess
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  2. maiden
    a seedling that has been neither lopped,pollarded nor coppiced Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Maiden
    Maid'en adjective 1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. 'Amid the maiden throng.' Addison. « Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ?&...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/8

  4. Maiden
    Maid'en transitive verb To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object. « For had I maiden'd it, as many use. Loath for to grant, but loather to refuse.» Bp. Hall.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/8

  5. maiden
    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) ... 2. A female servant. .....
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. Maiden
    • (a.) Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused. • (a.) Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. • (n.) An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals. • (...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. MAIDEN
    A horse which has not yet won a race.
    Found on http://www.glossarycentral.com/horse_rac

  8. maiden
    • an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
    • (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored

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  9. Maiden
    The maiden was a type of guillotine constructed at Edinburgh in 1564 and used until 1710 or possibly later for beheading criminals. The maiden consisted of a broad square of iron, about 12 inches square, very sharp at the lower edge and weighted above with a very heavy piece of lead. At the time of ...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Maiden
    A horse that has not won a race. Mare: female horse over five years old.
    Found on http://www.horse-directory.co.uk/racingg

  11. Maiden
    A greyhound that has not won an official race. This is the lowest Grade designation. Once a greyhound wins a Maiden race, it advances to Grade D.
    Found on http://www.greyhoundracingtoday.com/HowT

  12. Maiden
    A tree which is under 1 year old. Usually just a single stem from which branches will form in future years
    Found on http://www.pots2plots.com/Fruit/Fruit%20

  13. maiden
    a wooden instrument consisting of a long handle with wooden feet, by means of which clothes are stirred about in a washing tub. (Also known as a Peggy, Posser or Posher) Maidening Tub: A deep vessel for washing clothes. (Also known as Maiden Pot, Maidening Pot or Peggy Tub) Poss: To push with the he...
    Found on http://www2.shu.ac.uk/sfca/glossary.cfm

  14. Maiden
    1) A horse or rider that has not won a race. 2) A female that has never been bred.
    Found on http://www.ildado.com/horse_racing_gloss

  15. Maiden
    The name given to all horses without a victory.
    Found on http://www.cheltenhamfestival.net/horse%

  16. Maiden
    (beheading) , Edinburgh The `Maiden` (also known as the `Scottish Maiden`) is an early form of guillotine, or gibbet, once used as a means of execution in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Maiden is displayed at the National Museum of Scotland. (The word gibbet denotes several different devices...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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