Part 4804

<hw>Gin</hw>, <tt>conj.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gin</er>, <ets>prep</ets>.]</ety> <def>If.</def> <mark>[Scotch]</mark>

<i>Jamieson.</i>

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<hw>Gin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gan</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <er>Gon</er> (<?/), &or; <er>Gun</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ginning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>ginnen</ets>, AS. <ets>ginnan</ets> (in comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut open, cf. OHG. in<ets>ginnan</ets> to begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. <ets>g\'c6nan</ets> to yawn, and E. <ets>yawn</ets>. <?/ See <er>Yawn</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>, and cf. <er>Begin</er>.]</ety> <def>To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without <i>to</i>; <as>as, <ex>gan</ex> tell</as>. See</def> <er>Gan</er>. <mark>[Obs. or Archaic]</mark> "He <i>gan</i> to pray.</def>"

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Gin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Contr. from <ets>Geneva</ets>. See 2d <er>Geneva</er>.]</ety> <def>A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; -- also called <altname>Hollands</altname> and <altname>Holland gin</altname>, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine.</def>

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<hw>Gin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A contraction of <ets>engine</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.</def>

<i>Chaucer. Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.</def>

<note>&hand; The name is also given to an instrument of torture worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary sails.</note>

<cs><col>Gin block</col>, <cd>a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel, over which a rope runs; -- called also <altname>whip gin</altname>, <altname>rubbish pulley</altname>, and <altname>monkey wheel</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Gin power</col>, <cd>a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Gin race</col>, &or; <col>Gin ring</col></mcol>, <cd>the path of the horse when putting a gin in motion.</cd> <i>Halliwell</i>. -- <col>Gin saw</col>, <cd>a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper.</cd> -- <col>Gin wheel</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <cd>the drum of a whim.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Gin</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ginned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ginning</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To catch in a trap.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To clear of seeds by a machine; <as>as, to <ex>gin</ex> cotton</as>.</def>

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<hw>Ging</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Gang</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>There is a knot, a <b>ging</b>, a pack, a conspiracy against me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Gin*gal"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Jingal</er>.</def>

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<hw>Gin"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>ginger</ets>, <ets>gingever</ets>, <ets>gingivere</ets>, OF. <ets>gengibre</ets>, <ets>gingimbre</ets>, F. <ets>gingembre</ets>, L. <ets>zingiber</ets>, <ets>zingiberi</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/; of Oriental origin; cf. Ar. & Pers. <ets>zenjeb\'c6l</ets>, fr. Skr. <ets><?/<?/<?/gav\'89ra</ets>, prop., hornshaped; <ets><?/<?/<?/ga</ets> horn + <ets>v\'89ra</ets> body.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Zingiber</spn>, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is <spn>Z. officinale</spn>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The hot and spicy rootstock of <spn>Zingiber officinale</spn>, which is much used in cookery and in medicine.</def>