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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