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Gin
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- 1 If. Appalachia, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern-US
"[…]for pronouncing according as one would ſay at London I would eat more cheeſe if I had it, the Northern man ſaith, Ay ſuld eat mare cheeſe gin ay hadet, and the Weſterne man ſaith Chud eat more cheeſe an chad it."
- 1 A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails. countable, uncountable
- 2 A trick; a device or instrument. obsolete
- 3 An Aboriginal woman. Australia, ethnic, slur
"His next shot was discharged amongst the mob, and most unfortunately wounded the gin already mentioned ; who, with a child fastened to her back, slid down the bank, and lay, apparently dying, with her legs in the water."
- 4 An ethnic Vietnamese, in reference to those whose lands are in China.
- 5 a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points wordnet
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- 6 Gin rummy. uncountable
- 7 A scheme; contrivance; artifice; a figurative trap or snare. obsolete
"The church dores were sparred, Fast boltyd and barryd, Yet wyth a prety gyn I fortuned to come in, […]"
- 8 a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers wordnet
- 9 Drawing the best card or combination of cards. countable, uncountable
"Johnny Chan held jack-nine, and hit gin when a queen-ten-eight board was dealt out."
- 10 A snare or trap for game.
"It was the cry of a rabbit caught in a gin."
- 11 a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose wordnet
- 12 A machine for raising or moving heavy objects, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
- 13 strong liquor flavored with juniper berries wordnet
- 14 A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
- 15 A pile driver.
- 16 A windpump.
- 17 A cotton gin.
- 18 An instrument of torture worked with screws.
- 1 To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin. transitive
- 2 To begin. Early, Modern, archaic
"Gon. All three of them are deſperate : their great guilt / (Like poyſon giuen to worke a great time after) / Now gins to bite the ſpirits :[…]"
- 3 trap with a snare wordnet
- 4 To trap something in a gin. transitive
- 5 separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin wordnet
Etymology
Abbreviation of geneva, alteration of Dutch genever (“juniper”) from Old French genevre (modern French genièvre), from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). Hence gin rummy (first attested 1941).
Partly from Middle English gin, ginne (“cleverness, scheme, talent, device, machine”), from Old French gin, an aphetism of Old French engin (“engine”); and partly from Middle English grin, grine (“snare, trick, stratagem, deceit, temptation, noose, halter, instrument”), from Old English grin, gryn, giren (“snare, gin, noose”).
Partly from Middle English gin, ginne (“cleverness, scheme, talent, device, machine”), from Old French gin, an aphetism of Old French engin (“engine”); and partly from Middle English grin, grine (“snare, trick, stratagem, deceit, temptation, noose, halter, instrument”), from Old English grin, gryn, giren (“snare, gin, noose”).
Inherited from Middle English ginnen (“to begin”), contraction of beginnen.
Borrowed from Dharug dyin (“woman”), but having acquired a derogatory tone.
Cognate to Scots gin (“if”): perhaps from gi(v)en, or a compound in which the first element is from Old English ġif (English if) and the second is cognate to English an (“if”) (compare iffen), or perhaps from again.
A Hanyu Pinyin-esque romanization of Vietnamese Kinh (京).
See also for "gin"
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