Part 4806

<hw>Gin"house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A building where cotton is ginned.</def>

<h1>Ginkgo</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gink"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ginkgoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Chin., silver fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A large ornamental tree (<spn>Ginkgo biloba</spn>) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of <spn>Conifer\'91</spn>. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the <altname>maidenhair tree</altname>.</def>

<h1>Ginnee</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gin"nee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ginn</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>See <er>Jinnee</er>.</def>

<h1>Ginnet</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gin"net</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Genet</er>, a horse.</def>

<h1>Ginning</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gin"ning</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gin</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>Beginning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ginny-carriage</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gin"ny-car`riage</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Ginseng</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gin"seng</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Chinese.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Aralia</spn>, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (<spn>Aralia Schinseng</spn>) has become so rare that the American (<spn>A. quinquefolia</spn>) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic bitterness.</def>

<h1>Ginshop</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gin"shop`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A shop or barroom where gin is sold as a beverage.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Gip</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gip</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To take out the entrails of (herrings).</def>

<h1>Gip</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gip</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A servant. See <er>Gyp</er>.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Gipoun</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw>Gi*poun"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Jupon</er>.]</ety> <def>A short cassock.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>gepoun</asp>, <asp>gypoun</asp>, <asp>jupon</asp>, <asp>juppon</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gipser, Gipsire</h1> <Xpage=626>

<hw><hw>Gip"ser</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gip"sire</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gibeci\'8are</ets> a game pouch or game pocket. Cf. <er>Gibbier</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle.</def>

<i>Ld. Lytton.</i>

<blockquote>A <b>gipser</b> all of silk, Hung at his girdle, white as morn\'82 milk. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gipsy</h1> <Xpage=626>