MAIDEN

MAID.—(1) Unmarried girl (Lat. virgo); also used in such phrases as ‘maiden speech,’ which are traceable to original signification. (2) Instrument similar to guillotine; used in Scotland, W.), market town, on Thames, Berks hire, England. Pop. 1921, 16,941. county town, Kent, on Medway, England; principal buildings are the church of All Saints; former coll. of All Saints and a XVI.-cent. manor house containing museum and library opened in 1858; Royalists defeated by Fairfax, 1643, Pop. 1921, 37,448. native state, Bagh elk hand, Central India. Pop. c. 70,000