Section M, N, and O

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[AS.
mægdenhād. See Maid, and -hood.]
1. The state of being a maid or a virgin;
virginity. Shak.

2. Newness; freshness; uncontaminated
state.

The maidenhood

Of thy fight.

Shak.

Maid"en*like` (?), a. Like a
maiden; modest; coy.

Maid"en*li*ness (?), n. The
quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty;
gentleness.

Maid"en*ly, a. Like a maid;
suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest, reserved.

Must you be blushing ? . . .

What a maidenly man-at-arms are you become !

Shak.

Maid"en*ly, adv. In a maidenlike
manner. "Maidenly demure." Skelton.

Maid"en*ship, n. Maidenhood.
[Obs.] Fuller.

Maid"hood (?), n. [AS.
mægðhād. See Maid, and -hood.]
Maidenhood.

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