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  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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