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;Gower.
He was a virgin, as he said.
3. (Astron.) See Virgo.
4. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycænidæ.
5. (Zoöl.) 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.
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 . . .Milton.
That would be wooed, and unsought be won.
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.
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.
