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virgin

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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)
straight-run
Virgin [′vər·jən]
(astronomy)
Virgo
virgin - Unused; pristine; in a known initial state. "Let's bring up a virgin system and see if it crashes again." (Especially useful after contracting a virus through SEX.) Also, by extension, buffers and the like within a program that have not yet been used.
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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.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
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.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
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.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
 
 
 
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