Definition of gin

• n. - Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.
• conj. - If.
• v. i. - To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.
• n. - 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.
• n. - Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
• n. - 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.
• n. - A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
• n. - A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.
• v. t. - To catch in a trap.
• v. t. - To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.