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.
Vir"gin*al (?), a. [L. virginalis: cf. F. virginal.] Of or pertaining
to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly. "Chastity and honor
virginal." Spenser.
Virginal generation (Biol.), parthenogenesis. — Virginal membrane
(Anat.), the hymen.
Vir"gin*al, n. [Cf. F. virginale; — probably so called from being used
by young girls, or virgins.] (Mus.) An instrument somewhat resembling
the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small piano. It had
strings and keys, but only one wire to a note. The instrument was used
in the sixteenth century, but is now wholly obsolete. It was sometimes
called a pair of virginals.
Vir"gin*al, v. i. To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap
or pat. [Obs.] "Still virginaling upon his palm!" Shak.
Vir"gin*hood (?), n. Virginity; maidenhood.
Vir*gin"i*a (?), n. One of the States of the United States of America.
— a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia.
Virginia cowslip (Bot.), the American lungwort (Mertensia Virginica). —
Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine
(Ampelopsis quinquefolia), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; —
called also woodbine, and American ivy. [U. S.] — Virginia fence. See
Worm fence, under Fence. — Virginia nightingale (Zoöl.), the cardinal
bird. See under Cardinal. — Virginia quail (Zoöl.), the bobwhite. —
Virginia reel, an old English contradance; — so called in the United
States. Bartlett. — Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock.
Vir*gin"i*ty (?), n. [OE. virgintee, F. virginité, L. virginitas.] 1.
The quality or state of being a virgin; undefiled purity or chastity;
maidenhood.