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.
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.
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.