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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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Entry for 'Gin'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​g/gin.html.
 
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