Word Meaning

gin definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for gin

- ... and tonic
- A drink
- Alcoholic drink
- Alcoholic spirit
- Card game, ... rummy
- Card game; spirit
- Charging inside? That’s the spirit!
- Distilled spirit
- Drink, ... and tonic
- Form of rummy
- Grin, though without right cocktail ingredient
- Juniper beverage
- Martini ingredient
- Martini spirit
- Reginald showed spirit
- Singapore Sling spirit
- Sling and rummy found in Guiana, oddly enough