| Gin (gin) |
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| prep. | (?) |
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| Gin |
| [AS.
geán. See Again.] |
Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.
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| Gin (gin) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Gin |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Gan (? |
To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to;
as, gan tell. See Gan.
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| Gin (gin) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Gin |
| [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.
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| Gin (gin) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Gin |
| [A contraction of
engine.]
|
Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a
snare.
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.
A machine for separating the seeds from
cotton; a cotton gin.
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To catch in a trap.
To clear of seeds by a machine] as, to
gin cotton.
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