gin

[gin]

Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries

...

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

Noun
a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points

Noun
a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers

Noun
a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose

Noun
strong liquor flavored with juniper berries

Verb
trap with a snare; "gin game"

...

Verb
separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin


n.
Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

conj.
If.

v. i.
To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.

n.
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.

n.
Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.

n.
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.

n.
A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.

n.
A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.

v. t.
To catch in a trap.

v. t.
To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.


Gin

Gin , prep. [AS. ge'a0n. See Again.] Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. [Scot.] A. Ross (1778).

Gin

Gin, conj. [See Gin, prep.] If. [Scotch] Jamieson.

Gin

Gin , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gan , Gon (), ∨ 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'c6nan 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 , 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 , 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. &hand; 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, ∨ 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.

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.

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

If.

To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See

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.

Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.

To catch in a trap.

...

Usage Examples

I think it's really cool, but Jimmy Eat World and Gin Blossoms did it better than anyone. People don't realize just how awesome the Arizona history is, especially for alternative music. Growing up, that's all I ever wanted to be was those two bands.

Misspelled Form

gin, fgin, tgin, ygin, hgin, bgin, vgin, fin, tin, yin, hin, bin, vin, gfin, gtin, gyin, ghin, gbin, gvin, guin, g8in, g9in, goin, gjin, gkin, gun, g8n, g9n, gon, gjn, gkn, giun, gi8n, gi9n, gion, gijn, gikn, gibn, gihn, gijn, gimn, gi n, gib, gih, gij, gim, gi , ginb, ginh, ginj, ginm, gin .

Other Usage Examples

The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.

I should just put it bluntly, because we're all sort of friends here now - it's exceedingly likely that my greatest success is behind me. Oh, so Jesus, what a thought! You know that's the kind of thought that could lead a person to start drinking gin at nine o'clock in the morning, and I don't want to go there.

Comments


Browse Dictionary