Gin /(?)/

Gin

prep.
  1. Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. [Scot.]

Gin

conj.
  1. If. [Scotch]

Gin

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Gan; p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning

  1. To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan. [Obs. or Archaic]

Gin

n.
  1. 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.
  1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
  2. 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. (Mining)
  3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.

Phrases & Compounds
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
the path of the horse when putting a gin in motion.
Gin saw
a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper.
Gin wheel
In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint.

Gin

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Ginned; p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning

  1. To catch in a trap. [Obs.]
  2. To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.