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Webster 1913 Edition

Virginal

Vir′gin-al

,
Adj.
[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

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
I.
To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.
[Obs.]
“Still virginaling upon his palm!”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Virginal

VIR'GINAL

,
Adj.
Pertaining to a virgin; maidenly; as virginal chastity.

VIR'GINAL

,
Noun.
A keyed instrument of one string, jack and quill to each note, like a spinet, but in shape resembling the forte piano; out of use.

VIR'GINAL

,
Verb.
I.
To pat; to strike as on a virginal [A cant word.]

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