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Virginal
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat. [Obs.] "Still virginaling upon his palm!" Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly. "Chastity and honor virginal." Spenser. Virginal generation (Biol.), parthenogenesis. -- Virginal membrane (Anat.), the hymen.