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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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