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  • English Word Vire Definition An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with the crossbow. Cf. Vireton.
  • English Word Virelay Definition An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain.
  • English Word Virent Definition Green; not withered.
  • English Word Vireo Definition Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to Vireo and allied genera of the family Vireonidae. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive-colored. Called also greenlet.
  • English Word Virescence Definition The act or state of becoming green through the formation of chlorophyll.
  • English Word Virescent Definition Beginning to be green; slightly green; greenish.
  • English Word Vireton Definition An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.
  • English Word Virgalieu Definition A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; -- more properly called White Doyenne.
  • English Word Virgate Definition Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.
  • English Word Virgate Definition A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres.
  • English Word Virgated Definition Striped; streaked.
  • English Word Virge Definition A wand. See Verge.
  • English Word Virger Definition See Verger.
  • English Word Virgilian Definition Of or pertaining to Virgil, the Roman poet; resembling the style of Virgil.
  • English Word Virgin Definition A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
  • English Word Virgin Definition A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence.
  • English Word Virgin Definition See Virgo.
  • English Word Virgin Definition Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
  • English Word Virgin Definition A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
  • English Word Virgin Definition Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush.
  • English Word Virgin Definition Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold.
  • English Word Virgin Definition Not yet pregnant; impregnant.
  • English Word Virgin Definition To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5.
  • English Word Virginal Definition Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
  • English Word Virginal Definition 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.
  • English Word Virginal Definition To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.
  • English Word Virginhood Definition Virginity; maidenhood.
  • English Word Virginia Definition One of the States of the United States of America.
  • English Word Virginia Definition Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia.
  • English Word Virginity Definition The quality or state of being a virgin; undefiled purity or chastity; maidenhood.