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Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
 

Gin \Gin\ (j[i^]n), 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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Gin \Gin\, prep. [AS. ge['a]n. See Again.]

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

--A. Ross (1778). [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Gin \Gin\, conj. [See Gin, prep.]

If. [Scotch] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Gin \Gin\ (g[i^]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gan (g[a^]n), Gon (g[o^]n), or Gun (g[u^]n); 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.

1. 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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Gin \Gin\, n. [A contraction of engine.]

[1913 Webster]

1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. --Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin. [1913 Webster]

Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary sails. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Gin \Gin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ginned; p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning.]

1. To catch in a trap. [Obs.]

--Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

2. To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

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Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Gin \Gin\, prep. [AS. ge['a]n. See Again.]

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

--A. Ross (1778).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Gin \Gin\, conj. [See Gin, prep.]

If. [Scotch] --Jamieson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Gin \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Gin \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Gin \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Gin \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)