Words Containing Gin
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Definition of gin
- 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.
Syllable Information
The word gin is a 3 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for gin is: gin