8 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged
butterflies of the family {Lyc[ae]nid[ae]}.
5. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
virgin
adj 1: being used or worked for the first time; "virgin wool"
2: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty";
"a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their
women must be pure and virginal" [syn: {pure}, {vestal}, {virginal},
{virtuous}]
n : a person who has never had sex
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Virgin, UT (town, FIPS 80530)
Location: 37.20083 N, 113.19852 W
Population (1990): 229 (82 housing units)
Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
virgin adj Unused; pristine; in a known initial state.
"Let's bring up a virgin system and see if it crashes again." (Esp.
useful after contracting a {virus} through {SEX}.) Also by extension,
buffers and the like within a program that have not yet been used
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
virgin
Unused; pristine; in a known initial state. "Let's bring up a
virgin system and see if it crashes again." (Especially
useful after contracting a {virus} through {SEX}.) Also by
extension, buffers and the like within a program that have not
yet been used
[{Jargon File}]
(1994-11-30)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Virgin
In a prophecy concerning our Lord, Isaiah (7:14) says, "A virgin
[R.V. marg., 'the virgin'] shall conceive, and bear a son"
(comp. Luke 1:31-35). The people of the land of Zidon are thus
referred to by Isaiah (23:12), "O thou oppressed virgin,
daughter of Zidon;" and of the people of Israel, Jeremiah
(18:13) says, "The virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible
thing."
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