Maid″en‐head (?), n. [See Maidenhood.] 1. The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity. Shak.
2. The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity.
The maidenhead of their credit. Sir H. Wotton.
3. The hymen, or virginal membrane.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.