meaning of gin
1. Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.
2. If.
3. To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.
4. 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.
5. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
6. 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.
7. A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
8. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.
9. To catch in a trap.
10. To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.
11. a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points
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