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Virginal \Vir"gin*al\, a. [L. virginalis: cf. F. virginal.]
Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
"Chastity and honor virginal." --Spenser.
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{Virginal generation} (Biol.), parthenogenesis.

{Virginal membrane} (Anat.), the hymen.
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Virginal \Vir"gin*al\, 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.
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Virginal \Vir"gin*al\, v. i.
To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.
[Obs.] "Still virginaling upon his palm!" --Shak.
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