GIN

vt to catch in a trap.

2. gin ·conj if.

3. gin ·noun contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.

4. gin ·noun against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

5. gin ·noun a hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.

6. gin ·vt to clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.

7. gin ·noun a machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.

8. gin ·vi to begin;

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

9. 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.

10. 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.