GIN

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. [Scot.] A. Ross (1778).

If. [Scotch] Jamieson.

To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan. [Obs. or Archaic] "He gan to pray." Chaucer.

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. Chaucer. Spenser.

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

To catch in a trap. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

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