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Meaning and definition for "gin" word
[noun] a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
[noun] a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose
[noun] strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
[verb] trap with a gin; "gin game"
[verb] separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
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\Gin\, conj. [See {Gin}, prep.] If. [Scotch] --Jamieson.
\Gin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gan}, {Gon} (?), or {Gun} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ginning}.] [OE. ginnen, AS. ginnan (in comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut open, cf. OHG. inginnan to begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. g[=i]nan to yawn, and E. yawn. ? See {Yawn}, v. i., and cf. {Begin}.] To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See {Gan}. [Obs. or Archaic] ``He gan to pray.'' --Chaucer.
\Gin\, n. [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.
\Gin\, n. [A contraction of engine.] 1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. --Chaucer. Spenser. 2.
(a) 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.
(b) (Mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim. 3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin. Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary sails. {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}, or {Gin ring}, the path of the horse when putting a gin in motion. --Halliwell. {Gin saw}, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper. {Gin wheel}.
(a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint.
(b) (Mining) the drum of a whim.
\Gin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ginned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ginning}.] 1. To catch in a trap. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 2. To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.
Synonyms for gin
cotton gin, gin rummy, knock rummy, noose, snare
See also: bathtub gin | booze | disunite | divide | ensnare | entrap | geneva | gin and it | gin and tonic | hard drink | hard liquor | Holland gin | Hollands | John Barleycorn | juniper berries | liquor | machine | martini | part | pink lady | rum | rummy | separate | slipknot | sloe gin | snare | spirits | strong drink | trammel | trap | trap |
Related terms: bait the hook, blended whiskey, bolt, bourbon, brandy, Canadian, Dionaea, eau de vie, enmesh, hook, Irish whiskey, isolate, lay aside, light whiskey, mine, quarantine, rum, schnapps, spirits, tangle, tequila, winnow
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Let's analyse "gin" as pure text. This string has Three letters in One syllable and One vowel. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: NIG. Average typing speed for these characters is 840 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
gin: 9 = 9, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine. |
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