Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VI'O-LIST, n.

A player on the viol. Todd.

VI-OL-ON-CEL'LO, n. [It.]

A stringed instrument of music; a base viol of four strings, or a little base violin with long large strings, giving sounds an octave lower than the base violin. Encyc.

VI-O-LO'NO, n.

A double base, a deep toned instrument. Busby.

VIPER, n. [L. vipera; Fr. vipere; W. gwiber, from grib, a quick course, a driving, flying or serpentine motion, a wandering.]

1. A European serpent, the Vipera Berus, whose bite is venomous. Two harmless snakes are, in this country, called improperly by this name. A viper came out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. Acts xxix.
2. A person or thing mischievous or malignant. Shak.

VIPER-INE, a. [L. viperinus.]

pertaining to a viper or to vipers.

VIPER-OUS, a. [L. viperous.]

Baring the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous; as, a viperous tongue. Shalt.

VIPER'S-BU-GLOSS, n.

A plant of the genus Echium.

VIPERS-GRASS, n.

A plant of the genus Scorzonera.

VI-RA-GIN'I-AN, a.

Having the qualities of a virago.

VI-RA-GIN'I-TY, n.

The qualities of a virago.

VI-RA'GO, n. [L. from vir, a man.]

1. A woman of extraordinary stature, strength and courage; a female who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior. To arms ! to arms! the fierce virago cries. Pope.
2. In common language, a bold, impudent, turbulent woman; a termagant.

VIRE, n. [Sp. vim.]

An arrow. [Obs.] Gower.

VIR'E-LAY, n. [Fr. virelai, from wirer, to turn.]

A song or little poem among the Provencal poets in France; a roundelay. It sometimes consisted of two rhymes only, and short verses, with stops. Johnson. Cyc. To which a lady sung a virelay. Dryden.

VI'RENT, a. [L. virens, from vireo, to flourish or be green.]

Green; verdant; fresh. Brown.

VIR'GATE, a.

nearly vurgate. [L. virga, a rod.] In botany, having the shape of a rod or wand; as, a virgate stem.

VIR'GATE, n.

A yardland. Warton.

VIRGE,

See VERGE.

VIR-GIL'IAN, a.

1. Pertaining to Virgil, the Roman poet.
2. Resembling the style of Virgil. Young.

VIRGIN, a.

1. Pure; untouched; as, virgin gold. Woodward.
2. Fresh; new; unused; as, virgin soil. Belknap.
3. Becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush; virgin shame. Cowley.
4. Pure; chaste.

VIRGIN, n.

1. nearly vur'gin. [It. virgine; Sp. virgen; Fr. vierge; L. virgo.]
2. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man.
3. A woman not a mother. [Unusual.] Milton.
4. A person of either sex who has not been married. I Cor. vii. 25.
5. The sign Virgo. [See Virgo.] Milton.

VIR'GIN, v.i.

To play the virgin; a cant word. Shak.

VIRGIN-AL, a.

Pertaining to a virgin; maidenly; as, virginal chastity. Hammond.

VIRGIN-AL, n.

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. Cyc. Bacon.

VIR'GIN-AL, v.i.

To pat; to strike as on a virginal. [A cant word.] Shak.

VIRGINI-TY, n. [L. virginitas.]

Maidenhood; the state of having had no carnal knowledge of man.