virgn.html - adj.
Bot. & Zool. slim, straight, and erect. [L virgatus f. virga rod]

virgn.html - n.
Brit. hist. a varying measure of land, esp.
30 acres. [med.L virgata (rendering OE gierd- land yard-land) f. L virga rod]

virgn.html - var. of VERGER.

virgn.html - adj.
of, or in the style of, the Roman poet Virgil (d. 19 BC). [L Vergilianus f. P. Vergilius Maro, Virgil]

virgn.html - 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

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.

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.

virginhood n. [ME f. AF & OF virgine f. L virgo -ginis]

virgn.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

that is or befits or belongs to a virgin.

--n.

(usu. in pl.) (in full pair of virginals) an early form of spinet in a box, used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

virginalist n. virginally adv. [ME f. OF virginal or L virginalis (as VIRGIN): name of the instrument perh. from its use by young women]