An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

MAIDEN, s.
1. The last handful of corn cut down by the reapers on a farm; this being dressed up with ribbons, in resemblance of a young woman, S.
A. Douglas.
2. The feast of harvest-home, S.
Statist. Acc.

MAIDEN, s.
1. The honorary designation given to the eldest daughter of a farmer, S. B.
2. The bride's maid at a wedding, S. B.
3. She who lays the child in the arms of the parent, when presented for baptism, Lanerks.

MAIGLIT, part. pa. Mangled.
V. [Magil].

MAIK, s. A cant term for a halfpenny, S.

MAIK, MAKE, MAYOCK, s. A match, or equal, S.
K. Quair.

A. S. maca, Su. G. make, aequalis, socius.

To Maik, v. n. To match.
Douglas.

Germ. mach-en, sociare.

Maikless, Maykles, adj. Matchless, S.
Wyntown.

Su. G. makaloes, id.