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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Gin
     a trap. (1.) Ps. 140:5, 141:9, Amos 3:5, the Hebrew word used,
     _mokesh_, means a noose or "snare," as it is elsewhere rendered
     (Ps. 18:5; Prov. 13:14, etc.).
     
       (2.) Job 18:9, Isa. 8:14, Heb. pah, a plate or thin layer; and
     hence a net, a snare, trap, especially of a fowler (Ps. 69: 22,
     "Let their table before them become a net;" Amos 3:5, "Doth a
     bird fall into a net [pah] upon the ground where there is no
     trap-stick [mokesh] for her? doth the net [pah] spring up from
     the ground and take nothing at all?", Gesenius.)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  GIN
       
          A special-purpose macro assembler used to build the GEORGE
          3 operating system for ICL1900 series computers.
       
          (1994-11-02)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gin \Gin\, prep. [AS. ge['a]n. See Again.]
     Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. [Scot.] --A. Ross
     (1778).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gin \Gin\, conj. [See Gin, prep.]
     If. [Scotch] --Jamieson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gin \Gin\ (g[i^]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gan (g[a^]n), Gon
     (g[o^]n), or Gun (g[u^]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning.] [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. g[=i]nan to yawn, and E. yawn. [root]31. See
     Yawn, v. i., and cf. Begin.]
     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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gin \Gin\ (j[i^]n), n. [Contr. from Geneva. See 2d Geneva.]
     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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gin \Gin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ginned; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Ginning.]
     1. To catch in a trap. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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     2. To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gin \Gin\, n. [A contraction of engine.]
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     1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. --Chaucer.
        Spenser.
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     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.
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     3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton
        gin.
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     Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture
           worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary
           sails.
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     Gin block, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel,
        over which a rope runs; -- called also whip gin,
        rubbish pulley, and monkey wheel.
  
     Gin power, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin.
        
  
     Gin race, or Gin ring, the path of the horse when putting
        a gin in motion. --Halliwell.
  
     Gin saw, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers
        through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper.
  
     Gin wheel.
        (a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through
            the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint.
        (b) (Mining) the drum of a whim.
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