A female child. Cf. maid-child, n. (archaic in 19th-cent. use.)

A girl; a young (unmarried) woman; = maid, n.1 2a. Also: †a female infant (obsolete). Now chiefly literary, archaic, and regional.

A girl; a young (unmarried) woman; = maiden, n. 1a. (Not always distinguishable from senses 1a and 3.) Now archaic and regional.

= maiden-child, n.; (also) a young woman.

A girl, maid, young woman; a female child. Now dialect.

A girl, maid, young woman.

A girl.

= maidkin, n.

†a young female servant (cf. sense 6) (obsolete); a girl; a woman who is still a child.

A female child. The counterpart of boy.

gen. Any girl; a maid. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

A little maid (also as a familiar diminutive title).

A girl or young woman.

A young fish; esp. a young whiting or gurnard (more fully whiting-mop, gurnard-mop). Also used as a term of endearment for a girl or young woman.

A female child; a girl. Now chiefly literary.

Perhaps: a novice nun. Obsolete.

A girl or young woman, esp. of an ill-tempered or roguish disposition. Obsolete.

Compounds. General attributive in kinchin-co(ve), kinchin-mort, the terms used by 16th cent. tramps to denote respectively a boy and girl…

Said of a young lad, little boy, urchin; rarely (quot. 1638) a young girl. Obsolete or archaic.

A girl, a lass.

In neutral or positive use: a woman, a girl. Also colloquial as a familiar form of address.

A girl of relatively short stature, esp. a female child not yet approaching puberty but typically above infancy.

Scottish. A girl. Obsolete.

Used to render French tendron bud (see tendron, n.) in figurative sense ‘young girl’. Obsolete.

Applied to a girl: (see quots.).

spec. A female infant, a baby girl. Now chiefly English regional (south-western) and Irish English.

transferred. Applied to a young lively girl.

A girl.

Applied to a girl or a woman. A young unmarried woman; a girl, esp. a schoolgirl, or one who has recently left school. Frequently used contemptuously…

Scottish and Irish English (northern). A young girl, esp. a lively, bold, or forward one. Sometimes derogatory.

A lass, girl.

a girl, lass.

Esp. in French-speaking contexts: a young girl. Also occasionally as predicative adj.: characteristic of a young girl or ingénue.

colloquial. In neutral or positive use: a woman, a girl. Also as a form of address.

A young woman, a girl; (esp. in earlier use) a little girl. Also used as a term of endearment. Occasionally depreciative.

= girl, n. (in various senses).

A diminutive term for: a lady. Occasionally used as a term of endearment. Cf. ladykin, n.

A little girl or little ‘miss’; a young lady. Also: a form of address.

A girl.

A girl; a young woman.

transferred. Applied to a girl.

In extended use: the wearer of a pinafore; spec. a child. Obsolete. rare.

Originally in Spanish-speaking contexts: a girl or young woman. Also: spec. a girl or young woman of Latin American origin or descent. Frequently as…

A young girl.

a female urchin (= sense 4).

In Germany and other German-speaking areas: a girl.

A girl, a young woman.

A small or weak person, a child. rare.

A girl in late adolescence, a teenager.

A girl, a little girl; a woman with a girlish outlook or having girlish or feminine qualities. Also: a showgirl.

A girl; a sweetheart. Now rare or Obsolete.

A young woman, a girl, a lass.

U.S. slang. A girl; an effeminate man.

an adolescent girl, esp. one in her early teens, wearing bobby socks.