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Virginal: Definition and part of speech

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Virginal

  1. v. i. To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
  3. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Vireton: Definition and part of speech

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Vireton

  1. n. An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Virgalieu: Definition and part of speech

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Virgalieu

  1. n. A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; — more properly called White Doyenne.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Virgate: Definition and part of speech

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Virgate

  1. n. A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres.
  2. a. Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Vireo: Definition and part of speech

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Vireo

  1. n. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Virelay: Definition and part of speech

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Virelay

  1. n. An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.