Vir"gin*al (?), a. [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, n. [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, v. i. To play with the
fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat. [Obs.] "Still
virginaling upon his palm!" Shak.
Vir"gin*al (?), a. [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, n. [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, v. i. To play with the
fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat. [Obs.] "Still
virginaling upon his palm!" Shak.