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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Innocence and virgin modesty . . . That would be wooed, and unsought be won. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold. "Virgin Dutch." --G. W. Cable. [1913 Webster] The white cold virgin snow upon my heart. --Shak. [1913 Webster] A few ounces of mutton, with a little virgin oil. --Landor. [1913 Webster] 3. Not yet pregnant; impregnant. --Milton. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence. [Archaic] --Wyclif. [1913 Webster] These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. --Rev. xiv. 4. [1913 Webster] He his flesh hath overcome; He was a virgin, as he said. --Gower. [1913 Webster] 3. (Astron.) See {Virgo}. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family {Lycaenidae}. [1913 Webster] 5. (Zool.) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect. [1913 Webster] {The Virgin}, or {The Blessed Virgin}, the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ. {Virgin's bower} (Bot.), a name given to several climbing plants of the genus {Clematis}, as {Clematis Vitalba} of Europe, and {Clematis Virginiana} of North America. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: virgin adj 1: being used or worked for the first time; "virgin wool" 2: 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" [syn: {pure}, {vestal}, {virgin}, {virginal}, {virtuous}] n 1: a person who has never had sex 2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo [syn: {Virgo}, {Virgin}] 3: the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22 [syn: {Virgo}, {Virgo the Virgin}, {Virgin}] From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [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.