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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VIR'GIN, n. nearly vur'gin. [L. virgo.]
1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man.
2. A woman not a mother. [Unusual.]
3. The sign Virgo. [See Virgo.]
VIR'GIN, a.
1. Pure; untouched; as virgin gold.
2. Fresh; new; unused; as virgin soil.
VIR'GIN, v.i. To play the virgin; a cant word.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, virgin, virginal, virtuous] n
1: a person who has never had sex
2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo [syn: Virgo, Virgin]
3: the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22 [syn: Virgo, Virgo the Virgin, Virgin]

Merriam Webster's

geographical name river 200 miles (322 kilometers) SW Utah & SE Nevada flowing to Lake Mead

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French virgine, from Latin virgin-, virgo young woman, virgin Date: 13th century 1. a. an unmarried woman devoted to religion b. capitalized Virgo 2. a. an absolutely chaste young woman b. an unmarried girl or woman 3. capitalized Virgin Mary 4. a. a person who has not had sexual intercourse b. a person who is inexperienced in a usually specified sphere of activity <a virgin in politics> 5. a female animal that has never copulated II. adjective Date: 14th century 1. free of impurity or stain ; unsullied 2. chaste 3. characteristic of or befitting a virgin ; modest 4. fresh, unspoiled; specifically not altered by human activity <a virgin forest> 5. a. (1) being used or worked for the first time (2) of a metal produced directly from ore by primary smelting b. initial, first 6. of a vegetable oil obtained from the first light pressing and without heating 7. containing no alcohol <a virgin daiquiri>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 a person (esp. a woman) who has never had sexual intercourse. 2 a (the Virgin) Christ's mother the Blessed Virgin Mary. b a picture or statue of the Virgin. 3 (the Virgin) the zodiacal sign or constellation Virgo. 4 colloq. a na{iuml}ve, innocent, or inexperienced person (a political virgin). 5 a member of any order of women under a vow to remain virgins. 6 a female insect producing eggs without impregnation. --adj. 1 that is a virgin. 2 of or befitting a virgin (virgin modesty). 3 not yet used, penetrated, or tried (virgin soil). 4 undefiled, spotless. 5 (of clay) not fired. 6 (of metal) made from ore by smelting. 7 (of wool) not yet, or only once, spun or woven. 8 (of an insect) producing eggs without impregnation. Phrases and idioms: virgin birth 1 the doctrine of Christ's birth without a human father. 2 parthenogenesis. virgin comb a honeycomb that has been used only once for honey and never for brood. virgin forest a forest in its untouched natural state. virgin honey honey taken from a virgin comb, or drained from the comb without heat or pressure. virgin queen an unfertilized queen bee. the Virgin Queen Queen Elizabeth I of England. virgin's bower a clematis, Clematis viticella. Derivatives: virginhood n. Etymology: ME f. AF & OF virgine f. L virgo -ginis

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(virgins) 1. A virgin is someone who has never had sex. I was a virgin until I was thirty years old... N-COUNT 2. You use virgin to describe something such as land that has never been used or spoiled. Within 40 years there will be no virgin forest left. ADJ: usu ADJ n 3. If you say that a situation is virgin territory, you mean that you have no experience of it and it is completely new for you. PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v 4. You can use virgin to describe someone who has never done or used a particular thing before. Until he appeared in 'In the Line of Fire' Malkovich had been an action-movie virgin... N-COUNT: oft n N

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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."

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Maid, maiden, girl, lass, damsel. II. a. 1. Chaste, pure, undefiled, unpolluted, stainless, maidenly. 2. Fresh, unused, untouched, new, maiden. 3. Maidenly, modest.

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