(n.) Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.
(conj.) If.
(v. i.) To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to;
as, gan tell. See Gan.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
(n.) A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.
(v. t.) To catch in a trap.
(v. t.) To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.
