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English Dictionary: virgin	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for virgin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virgin adj being used or worked for the first time; "virgin wool" 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" Synonym(s): pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous n a person who has never had sex (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo Synonym(s): Virgo, Virgin the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22 Synonym(s): Virgo, Virgo the Virgin, Virgin
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. [bd]Virgin shame.[b8] --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. [bd]Virgin Dutch.[b8] --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[94]l.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family {Lyc[91]nid[91]}. 5. (Zo[94]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.] [bd]My true lip hath virgined it e'er since [that kiss].[b8] --Shak.
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 (4.2.0, 31 JAN 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 (15Feb98) [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."