virginals

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a virginal; a musical instrument in the harpsichord family
plural form of virginal
plural of virginal
a small square musical instrument like a piano with no legs, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries
{i} antique musical instrument that is similar to the harpsichord and is often legless
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A musical instrument in the harpsichord family
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Being or resembling a virgin
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{n} an old stinged musical instrument
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{a} maiden, maidenly
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{v} to hit or strike gently
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To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat
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The instrument was used in the sixteenth century, but is now wholly obsolete
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A term used in a general sense in England until the middle of the 17th century to cover all jack-action instruments After that it was limited to oblong single-choired instruments, the strings of which are more or less perpendicular to the key levers, and with both nut and bridge resting on the soundboard
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untouched or undefiled; "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L P Smith
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If you describe someone as virginal, you mean that they look young and innocent, as if they have had no experience of sex. Somehow she'd always been a child in his mind, pure and virginal = pure
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characteristic of a virgin or virginity; "virginal white dresses"
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Smith characteristic of a virgin or virginity; "virginal white dresses
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A stringed keyboard instrument, sometimes called a spinet, which was a predecessor of the harpsichord
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Something that is virginal looks new and clean, as if it has not been used or spoiled. abandoning worn-out land to cultivate virginal pasture. like a virgin. or virginals Small rectangular harpsichord with a single set of strings and a single manual. The derivation of its name is uncertain. The virginal's strings run parallel to the keyboard, which occupies only a portion of the longer side. Combination virginals include a smaller portable virginal that can be placed on top of the larger keyboard to create a two-manual instrument. The virginal was particularly popular in 16th-17th-century England, where much music was written for it by William Byrd, Thomas Morley, Thomas Weelkes, and others
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a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries untouched or undefiled; "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L
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{s} not having had sexual intercourse; innocent, pure, chaste; unsullied, untouched; new
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in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
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Resembling a virgin
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in the 1700's, a small keyed instrument, sort of a miniature harpsicord, generally played by unmarried daughters to entertain suitors and guests, thus the name "virginal"
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A small plucked string instrument in which the strings run parallel to the keyboard
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Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly
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An instrument somewhat resembling the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small piano
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It was sometimes called a pair of virginals
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It had strings and keys, but only one wire to a note
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a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
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