Definition of Gin. Meaning of Gin. Synonyms of Gin
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Gin Gin Gin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gan, Gon (?), or Gun (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning.] [OE. ginnen, AS. ginnan (in
comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut open, cf. OHG. inginnan to
begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. g[=i]nan to
yawn, and E. yawn. ? See Yawn, v. i., and cf. Begin.]
To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as,
gan tell. See Gan. [Obs. or Archaic] ``He gan to pray.'
--Chaucer.
Gin Gin Gin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ginned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ginning.]
1. To catch in a trap. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
2. To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.
Gin Gin Gin, n. [Contr. from Geneva. See 2d Geneva.]
A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and
flavored with juniper berries; -- also called Hollands and
Holland gin, because originally, and still very
extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually
flavored with turpentine.
Gin Gin Gin, n. [A contraction of engine.]
1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. --Chaucer.
Spenser.
2.
(a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights,
consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the
top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
(b) (Mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton
gin.
Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture
worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary
sails.
Gin block, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel,
over which a rope runs; -- called also whip gin,
rubbish pulley, and monkey wheel.
Gin power, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin.
Gin race, or Gin ring, the path of the horse when putting
a gin in motion. --Halliwell.
Gin saw, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers
through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper.
Gin wheel.
(a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through
the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint.
(b) (Mining) the drum of a whim.
