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▪ I. maidenhead1 arch.|ˈmeɪd(ə)nhɛd|
[f. maiden n. + -head.]
1. The state or condition of a maiden; virginity; said occas. of a man (see maiden n. 2 b). Also = hymen2 1.
a1300Cursor M. 10880, I herd it neuer in lijf ne ledd Womman ber barn in maiden-hedd. Ibid. 12706 Sent Ion, þe wangelist..he liued in maiden-hede. 1357Lay Folks Catech. 125 Iesu crist..was sothefastely consayued of the maiden mari,..Withouten ony mynnyng of hir maidenhede. 1423Jas. I Kingis Q. 55 Pitee was to here The crueltee of that vnknyghtly dede, Quhare was fro the bereft thi maidenhede. 1535Coverdale Judg. xi. 38 Then wente shee with her playefeeres, and bewayled hir mayden heade vpon the mountaynes. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. i. i. 23, I will bee civill with the Maids, and cut off their heads..the heads of the Maids, or their Maiden-heads. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, ii. iii. 23 By my troth, and Maidenhead, I would not be a Queene. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. Ded., He who carries a Maidenhead into a Cloyster, is sometimes apt to lose it there. 1749Fielding Tom Jones xviii. xiii, A merry song which bore some relation to matrimony and the loss of a maidenhead. 1796Pegge Anonym. (1809) 457 To be able to look upon the sun, they say, is a sign of one's having a maidenhead. 1867R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang., Maidenhead,..Virginity..the hymen, or virginal membrane. 1885–94R. Bridges Eros & Psyche Feb. xxiv, His earthly bride, Who won his love, in simple maidenhead. 1928F. W. S. Browne tr. T. H. van de Velde's Ideal Marriage ii. iv. 57 Within this space is the sexual orifice... In maidens this is closed by the hymen..or virginal membrane, popularly called ‘maidenhead’.
†b. Phrases: to enjoy, get, have, prove, take, win (a woman's) maidenhead; also of a woman (rarely of a man), to keep, lose (Sc. tine) one's maidenhead. Obs.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 1852 Sichem tok hire maiden-hed. c1320Sir Tristr. 2134, Y loued neuer man wiþ mode Bot him þat hadde mi maidenhede. c1330Amis & Amil. 767 So thai plaid in word and dede, That he wan hir maidenhede. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xviii. (Egipiciane) 446 Myn madynned quhow I first tynt þar. c1400Destr. Troy 3997 Most was hir mynde hir maidonhede to kepe. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 204 Sho wepid..þat wyked dede þat made hir lose hir maydenhede. 1567Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 146 Zit keipit scho hir madinheid vnforlorne. 1591Lyly Sappho ii. i, Phœbus in his godhead sought to get my maidenhead. 1663Dryden Wild Gallant Prol., As some raw squire, by tender mother bred, 'Till one-and-twenty keeps his maidenhead. 1697Vanbrugh 2nd Pt. æsop iii. 51 æsop. How long did you stay? Beau. Till I had lost my maidenhead.
†2. transf. and fig., esp. the first stage or first-fruits of anything; the first example, proof, trial, or use; also in phrases (see 1 b). Obs.
c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 3036 Þou..þe maydenhede of this Iuel Shalt preue anone. a1550Tales & Quick Answ. xcv. (1814) 98 That he wolde gyue him leaue to haue the maidenheed of the pyllory. 1591Florio 2nd Fruites Ep. Ded., The maiden head of my industrie I yeelded to a noble Mecenas (renoumed Lecester) the honor of England. a1592H. Smith Serm. (1599) 536 God requiring the first labours of his seruants, and (as I may say), the maidenhead of euery man. 1612(title) Parthenia, or the Maydenhead of the first musicke that euer was printed for the Virginalls. a1687Petty Pol. Arith. i. (1691) 20 One sort of Vessels, and Rigging, where haste is requisite for the Maidenhead of a Market. 1755Smollett Quix. (1803) I. 19 Others affirm, that the windmills had the maidenhead of his valour. 1775S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. cxxxvii. (1783) IV. 260 He had received a present, of which, he insisted upon it, we should have the maidenhead.
▪ II. † ˈmaidenhead2 Obs.
[f. maiden n. + head.]
A representation of the head or bust of the Virgin Mary. a. As an ornamental finish to the handle of a spoon; occas., the spoon itself.
[1446Wills & Inv. (Surtees Soc.) I. 92 In Promptuario sunt ij Coclearia argentea et deaurata..cum ymaginibus Beatæ Mariæ in fine eorundem.] 1495in Wadley Notes Wills in Gt. Orphan Bk. Bristol (1886) 170 [Six silver spoons] cum Maidenheddis. [Six silver spoons] de Maidenheddis. 1522Test. Ebor. (Surtees) V. 162 Mariæ Evers sex cocliaria de arg. cum le madynheddes. 1538Bury Wills (Camden) 134 Allso I bequeth to Nycholas Esthaw my syluer pece and iij syluer sponys wt mayeden hedes. 1567Richmond Wills (Surtees Soc.) 198, xiij postle spones..½ dossone lyones and ½ doss. madinehedes.
b. Her. As a bearing on a shield, etc.
1615Heywood Foure Prentises Wks. 1874 II. 229 Godfreyes shield, hauing a Maidenhead with a Crowne in it. 1618J. Taylor (Water P.) Pennyless Pilgr. A 4 b, I..went that night as farre as Islington, There did I finde..A Maydenhead of twenty fiue yeeres old, But surely it was painted,..And for a signe or wonder, hang'd at' dore. 1728S. Kent Banner Display'd II. 764 Crest, on a Torce of his Colours, a maidenhead proper, enclos'd in a Ring of Gold. |
