Gin

[dʒɪn]

Definition

(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.) strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.

(verb.) trap with a snare; 'gin game'.

(verb.) separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin.

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Definition

(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.

Editor: Omar

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Geneva.[2]. Cotton-gin.[3]. Trap, snare, net, toils, noose, springe.

Edited by Lelia

Definition

n. an Australian native woman.

n. Same as Geneva of which it is a contraction.—ns. Gin′-fizz a drink of gin lemon-juice effervescing water &c.; Gin-pal′ace Gin′-shop a shop where gin is sold; Gin′-sling a cold beverage of gin and water sweetened and flavoured.

n. the name of a variety of machines esp. one with pulleys for raising weights &c.: a pump worked by rotary sails: (B.) a trap or snare.—v.t. to trap or snare: to clear cotton of its seeds by a machine:—pr.p. gin′ning; pa.p. ginned.—ns. Gin′-horse a mill-horse; Gin′-house a place where cotton is ginned.

v.i. to begin.—n. Gin′ning beginning.

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