virginal

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

VIR'GINAL, adjective 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 intransitive To pat; to strike as on a virginal [A cant word.]
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