Gin

·vt To catch in a trap.

II. Gin ·conj If.

III. Gin ·noun Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.

IV. Gin ·noun Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

V. Gin ·noun A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.

VI. Gin ·vt To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.

VII. Gin ·noun A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.

VIII. Gin ·vi To Begin;

— often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. ·see Gan.

IX. Gin ·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.

X. Gin ·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.