2. Noun. (plural of maiden) ¹
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Definition of Maidens
1. maiden [n] - See also: maiden
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maidens
Literary usage of Maidens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"The cowslip in the zun, The thyme upon the down do grow, The clote where streams
do run; An' where do pretty maidens grow An' blow, but where the tow'r Do ..."
2. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"... The clote where streams do run; An' where do pretty maidens grow An' blow,
but where the tow'r Do rise among the bricken tuns, ..."
3. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1903)
"CHAPTER XII How Galahad and Per civ ale found in a castle many tombs of maidens
that had bled to death. Now saith the story that all night Galahad and ..."
4. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1843)
"the maidens,"—the syrens of this rugged coast—where many a brave vessel has gone
down *. The Town of Glenarm, the seat of the Antrim family, is beautifully ..."
5. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1902)
"... maidens. And as, from the famous quarrel scene in Homer downwards, the eyes
were always, in Greek literature, the seat of modesty or of impudence, ..."
6. Positions by Richard Mulcaster, Robert Hebert Quick (1888)
"THAT BOTH YOUNG BOYES, AND YOUNG maidens ARE TO BE PUT TO LEARNE. ... But young
maidens must giue me leaue to speake of boyes first: ..."
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