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ˈvirgal, a. rare. [f. L. virga rod.] Made of twigs or rods.
1732Fielding Convent Gard. Trag. i. iii, Oh! would'st thou bear..To see the hangman lift the virgal rod? 1880Daily Tel. 23 Feb., The terrible ‘Croquemitaine’ and his frightful spouse..flourish their virgal sceptres to the terror of insubordinate juveniles. |