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virgin 1. an unmarried woman who has taken a religious vow of chastity in order to dedicate herself totally to God 2. any female animal that has never mated 3. a female insect that produces offspring by parthenogenesis 4. (of vegetable oils) obtained directly by the first pressing of fruits, leaves, or seeds of plants without applying heat 5. (of a metal) made from an ore rather than from scrap 6. Physics (of a neutron) not having experienced a collision Virgin1 1. the. See Virgin Mary 2. a statue or other artistic representation of the Virgin Mary Virgin2 the. the constellation Virgo, the sixth sign of the zodiac virgin [′vər·jən] (chemical engineering) Virgin [′vər·jən] (astronomy)
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| 1-6) Muse, sing of Artemis, sister of the Far-shooter, the virgin who delights in arrows, who was fostered with Apollo. For in the flaxen lilies' shade It like a bank of lilies laid; Upon the roses it would feed Until its lips even seemed to bleed, And then to me 'twould boldly trip, And print those roses on my lip, But all its chief delight was still With roses thus itself to fill, And its pure virgin limbs to fold In whitest sheets of lilies cold. The picture he looked at was a long one, with houses crowded upon a hill; in one corner a boy was holding a large map of the town; in another was a classical figure representing the river Tagus; and in the sky was the Virgin surrounded by angels. |
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