Defn: Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. [Scot.] A. Ross (1778).
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Gin, conj. Etym: [See Gin, prep.]
Defn: If. [Scotch] Jamieson.
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Gin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gan, Gon (Gun (p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning.]
Etym: [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. ginan to yawn, and E. yawn. Yawn, v. i., and cf. Begin.]
Defn: To begin; — often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan. [Obs. or Archaic] "He gan to pray." Chaucer.
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Gin, n. Etym: [Contr. from Geneva. See 2d Geneva.]
Defn: 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.
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Gin, n. Etym: [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.