1. Noun
Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.
2. Conjunction
If.
3. Verb
To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.
4. Noun
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.
5. Noun
Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
6. Noun
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.
7. Noun
A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
8. Noun
A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.
9. Verb
To catch in a trap.
10. Verb
To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.
11. Noun
a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
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