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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)