virgin

n. [ L. virgo, -inis: cf. OF. virgine, virgene, virge, vierge, F. vierge. ] 1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence. [ Archaic ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. Rev. xiv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

He his flesh hath overcome;
He was a virgin, as he said. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Astron.) See Virgo. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Virgin, or
The Blessed Virgin, the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ. --
Virgin's bower (Bot.), a name given to several climbing plants of the genus Clematis, as Clematis Vitalba of Europe, and Clematis Virginiana of North America. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush. “Virgin shame.” Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Innocence and virgin modesty . . .
That would be wooed, and unsought be won. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold. “Virgin Dutch.” G. W. Cable. [ 1913 Webster ]

The white cold virgin snow upon my heart. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A few ounces of mutton, with a little virgin oil. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not yet pregnant; impregnant. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. virginalis: cf. F. virginal. ] Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly. “Chastity and honor virginal.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Virginal generation (Biol.), parthenogenesis. --
Virginal membrane (Anat.), the hymen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. virginale; -- probably so called from being used by young girls, or virgins. ] (Mus.) An instrument somewhat resembling the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small piano. It had strings and keys, but only one wire to a note. The instrument was used in the sixteenth century, but is now wholly obsolete. It was sometimes called a pair of virginals. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat. [ Obs. ] “Still virginaling upon his palm!” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Virginity; maidenhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Virginia cowslip (Bot.), the American lungwort (Mertensia Virginica). --
Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also woodbine, and American ivy. [ U. S. ] --
Virginia fence. See Worm fence, under Fence. --
Virginia nightingale (Zool.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal. --
Virginia quail (Zool.), the bobwhite. --
Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. Bartlett. --
Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock. [ 1913 Webster ]