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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Virgin

Virgin (virgin)
n.(?)
Vir"gin
[L. virgo, - inis: cf. OF. virgine, virgene, virge, vierge, F. vierge.]
  1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
  2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence.
    [Archaic] Wyclif.

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

    He his flesh hath overcome;
    He was a virgin, as he said.     Gower.

  3. See Virgo.
  4. Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycænidæ.
  5. A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.

    The Virgin, or The Blessed Virgin, the Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord. -- Virgin's bower (Bot.), a name given to several climbing plants of the genus Clematis, as C. Vitalba of Europe, and C. Virginiana of North America.

Virgin

Virgin (virgin)
a.(?)
Vir"gin
  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.

    Innocence and virgin modesty . . .
    That would be wooed, and unsought be won.     Milton.

  2. Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold.
    "Virgin Dutch." G. W. Cable.

    The white cold virgin snow upon my heart. Shak.

    A few ounces of mutton, with a little virgin oil. Landor.

  3. Not yet pregnant; impregnant.
    Milton.

Virgin

Virgin (virgin)
v. i.
Vir"gin
  1. To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5.
    [Obs.] "My true lip hath virgined it e'er since [that kiss]." Shak.












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