Vir"gin , v. i. 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.
Vir"gin (?), 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.
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.
Vir"gin (?), 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.
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. (Astron.) See Virgo.
4. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycænidæ.
5. (Zoöl.) 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.
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