maiden tree

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maiden tree - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Maiden \Maid"en\, v. t.
     To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite
     object.
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           For had I maiden'd it, as many use.
           Loath for to grant, but loather to refuse. --Bp. Hall.
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     Maiden grass, the smaller quaking grass.
  
     Maiden tree. See Ginkgo.
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