∙ A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.
∙ Gin rummy. uncountable
∙ Drawing the best card or combination of cards. poker
Noun
∙ A trick; a device or instrument. obsolete
∙ Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. obsolete
∙ A snare or trap for game.
∙ A machine for raising or moving heavy objects, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
∙ A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim. mining
∙ A pile driver.
∙ A windpump.
∙ A cotton gin.
∙ An instrument of torture worked with screws.
Verb
∙ To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin. transitive
∙ To trap something in a gin. transitive
Verb
∙ To begin. archaic
Noun
∙ An Aboriginal woman. Australia, now considered offensive