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单词 virgal
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virgaladj.

Etymology: < Latin virga rod.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvirgal.
rare.
Made of twigs or rods.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > made of sticks, twigs, or rods
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1732 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Trag. i. iii. 4 Oh! cou'dst thou bear..To see the Hangman lift the Virgal Rod.
1880 Daily Tel. 23 Feb. The terrible ‘Croquemitaine’ and his frightful spouse..flourish their virgal sceptres to the terror of insubordinate juveniles.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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