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. Zool.
Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
5. Zool.
A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
The Virgin, ∨ 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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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.
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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.
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