Definition of Gin

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Definition of Gin

Gin

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

If.

To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.

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.

Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.

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.

A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.

A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.

To catch in a trap.

To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.

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Gin Quotations

The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.
Bernard De Voto

You don't see a lot of difference between the Gin Blossoms and the Byrds.
Steve Forbert

I don't know what reception I'm at, but for God's sake give me a gin and tonic.
Denis Thatcher

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.
Roy Blount, Jr.

Gin Translations

gin in Dutch is jenever, klare
gin in German is Gin, Wacholderbranntwein
gin in Norwegian is aquavit
gin in Spanish is ginebra
gin in Swedish is genever, gin

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