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gin6    Audio Help   [jin] Pronunciation Key
–noun Australian Informal.
1.a female Aborigine.
2.an Aboriginal wife.
Also, jin.

[Origin: 1820–30; < Dharuk di-yin]
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–conjunction Chiefly Scot. and Southern Appalachian.
if; whether.
[Origin: 1665–75; variously explained as sense development of gien given (see gie, -en3); as contr. of gif if + an2 (cf. iffen); or as aph. form of again]
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gin4    Audio Help   [jin] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, ginned, gin·ning. Cards.
–noun
1.Also called gin rummy. a variety of rummy for two players, in which a player with 10 or fewer points in unmatched cards can end the game by laying down the hand.
2.the winning of such a game by laying down a full set of matched cards, earning the winner a bonus of 20 or 25 points.
–verb (used without object)
3.to win a game in gin by laying down a hand in which all 10 cards are included in sets.
[Origin: 1955–60; perh. special use of gin1]
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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), gan, gun, gin·ning. Archaic.
to begin.
[Origin: 1150–1200; ME ginnen, OE ginnan, aph. var. of onginnan, beginnen to begin]
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gin2    Audio Help   [jin] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, ginned, gin·ning.
–noun
1.cotton gin.
2.a trap or snare for game.
3.any of various machines employing simple tackle or windlass mechanisms for hoisting.
4.a stationary prime mover having a drive shaft rotated by horizontal beams pulled by horses walking in a circle.
–verb (used with object)
5.to clear (cotton) of seeds with a gin.
6.to snare (game).
[Origin: 1150–1200; ME gyn, aph. var. of OF engin engine]

—Related forms
ginner, noun
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–noun
1.an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
2.an alcoholic liquor similar to this, made by redistilling spirits with flavoring agents, esp. juniper berries, orange peel, angelica root, etc.
[Origin: 1705–15; shortened from geneva]
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gin [archaic geneva, from Du. from O.Fr. from Lat.,=juniper], spirituous liquor distilled chiefly from fermented cereals, malted and unmalted, and flavored with juniper berries. It originated in Holland (thus the name Hollands, or Holland, gin) but is now manufactured also in other countries, chiefly England and the United States. A type of gin developed in England is known as London gin; it is more highly distilled than Holland gin. Dry gin has been highly rectified. Old Tom gin is sweetened for use as a liqueur. Sloe gin is flavored with fresh sloes instead of juniper. 
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