[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

maid \maid\, n. shortened from maiden. ?. see maiden.
   1. an unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman;
      esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.
      1913 webster

            would i had died a maid,
            and never seen thee, never borne thee son. --shak.
      1913 webster

            can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her
            attire? yet my people have forgotten me. --jer. ii.
                                                  32.
      1913 webster

   2. a man who has not had sexual intercourse. obs.
      1913 webster

            christ was a maid and shapen as a man. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   3. a female servant.
      1913 webster

            spinning amongst her maids.           --shak.
      1913 webster

   note: maid is used either adjectively or in composition,
         signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
         1913 webster

   4. zool. the female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray
      skate raia batis, and of the thornback raia
      clavata. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   fair maid. zool. see under fair, a.

   maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal
      princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to
      perform only nominal or honorary duties.

   old maid. see under old.
      1913 webster
see also:
maiden raia batis raia clavata fair maid fair maid of honor 
old maid old 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

thornback \thorn"back`\, n.
   1. zool. a european skate raia clavata having thornlike
      spines on its back.
      1913 webster

   2. zool. the large european spider crab or king crab maia
      squinado.
      1913 webster
see also:
raia clavata maia squinado 

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