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Gin
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GIN, n. A contraction of Geneva, a distilled spirit. See Geneva.
GIN, n. A contraction of engine. A machine or instrument by which the mechanical powers are employed in aid of human strength. The word is applied to various engines, as a machine for driving piles, another for raising weights, &c., and a machine for separating the seeds from cotton, invented by E.Whitney, is called a cotton-gin. It is also the name given to an engine of torture, and to a pump moved by rotary sails.
1. A trap a snare.
GIN, To clear cotton of its seeds by a machine which separates them with expedition.
1. To catch in a trap.
GIN, To begin.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Gin'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/g/gin.html.
Entry for 'Gin'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/g/gin.html.
