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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Virginal

/vẽrj'-ən-əl/ · Vir·gin·al · IPA /ˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪnəl/
01 a. Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
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    Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
Phrases & compounds
Virginal generation — parthenogenesis.
Virginal membrane — the hymen.
02 n. An instrument somewhat resembling the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small piano. It had strings and keys, but only one wi…
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    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.(Mus.)
03 v. i. To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.
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    To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.[Obs.]