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Virgin \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.
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Innocence and virgin modesty . . .
That would be wooed, and unsought be won. --Milton.
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2. Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil;
virgin gold. "Virgin Dutch." --G. W. Cable.
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The white cold virgin snow upon my heart. --Shak.
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A few ounces of mutton, with a little virgin oil.
--Landor.
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3. Not yet pregnant; impregnant. --Milton.
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Virgin \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.
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2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual
indulgence. [Archaic] --Wyclif.
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These are they which were not defiled with women;
for they are virgins. --Rev. xiv. 4.
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He his flesh hath overcome;
He was a virgin, as he said. --Gower.
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3. (Astron.) See {Virgo}.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged
butterflies of the family {Lycaenidae}.
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5. (Zool.) A female insect producing eggs from which young
are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a
male; a parthenogenetic insect.
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{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.
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Virgin \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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