Gin: English to English |
Gin (conj.) If. |
Gin (n.) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim. |
Gin (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. |
Gin (n.) A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin. |
Gin (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. |
Gin (n.) Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. |
Gin (n.) Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. |
Gin (v. i.) To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan. |
Gin (v. t.) To catch in a trap. |
Gin (v. t.) To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton. |