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gin

N บ่วง ดัก สัตว์ buang-dak-sad

gin

N เครื่อง ปั่นฝ้าย kreang-pan-fai

gin

N เหล้าช นิดหนึ่ง ยิน dry sloe lao-cha-nid-nueng

gin

VT ใช้ บ่วง ดัก สัตว์ chai-buang-dak-sad

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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, etc. , 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

v.t.To clear cotton of its seeds by a machine which separates them with expedition. 1. To catch in a trap.

GIN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GIN

Gin, prep. Etym: [AS. geán. See Again. ]

Defn: Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. [Scot. ] A. Ross (1778 ).

GIN

Gin, conj. Etym: [See Gin, prep. ]

Defn: If. [Scotch ] Jamieson.

GIN

Gin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gan, Gon (Gun (p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning. ]Etym: [OE. ginnen, AS. ginnan (in comp. ), prob. orig. , to open, cut open, cf. OHG. inginnan to begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. ginan to yawn, and E. yawn. Yawn, v. i., and cf. Begin. ]

Defn: To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan. [Obs. or Archaic ] "He gan to pray. " Chaucer.

GIN

Gin, n. Etym: [Contr. from Geneva. See 2d Geneva. ]

Defn: 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.

GIN

Gin, n. Etym: [A contraction of engine. ]

1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. Chaucer. Spenser.

2. (a ) 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. (b ) (Mining ) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.

3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.

Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary sails. Gin block, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel, over which a rope runs; -- called also whip gin, rubbish pulley, and monkey wheel. -- Gin power, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin. -- Gin race, or Gin ring, the path of the horse when putting a gin in motion. Halliwell. -- Gin saw, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper. -- Gin wheel. (a ) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint. (b ) (Mining ) the drum of a whim.

GIN

Gin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ginned; p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning. ]

1. To catch in a trap. [Obs. ] Beau. & Fl.

2. To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.

New American Oxford Dictionary

gin

gin 1 |jin ʤɪn | ▶noun 1 a clear alcoholic spirit distilled from grain or malt and flavored with juniper berries. 2 (also gin rummy ) a two-handed form of the card game rummy in which players are dealt ten cards each and attempt to produce a hand in which the point value of unmatched cards adds up to ten or less. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: abbreviation of genever .

gin

gin 2 |ʤɪn jin | ▶noun 1 a machine for separating cotton from its seeds. 2 a machine for raising and moving heavy weights. 3 (also gin trap ) a snare for catching game. ▶verb ( gins, ginning, ginned ) [ with obj. ] 1 treat (cotton ) in a gin. 2 trap (a person or animal ) in a gin. DERIVATIVES gin ner noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘a tool or device, a trick ’): from Old French engin (see engine ).

gin

gin 3 |dʒɪn | ▶noun Austral. offensive an Aboriginal woman. ORIGIN from Dharuk diyin ‘woman, wife ’.

Oxford Dictionary

gin

gin 1 |dʒɪn | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] a clear alcoholic spirit distilled from grain or malt and flavoured with juniper berries. 2 (also gin rummy ) a form of the card game rummy in which a player holding cards totalling ten or less may terminate play. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: abbreviation of genever .

gin

gin 2 |dʒɪn | ▶noun 1 a machine for separating cotton from its seeds. 2 a machine for raising and moving heavy weights. 3 (also gin trap ) a trap for catching birds or small mammals. ▶verb ( gins, ginning, ginned ) [ with obj. ] treat (cotton ) in a gin. DERIVATIVES ginner noun, ginnery noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘a tool or device, a trick ’): from Old French engin (see engine ).

gin

gin 3 |dʒɪn | ▶noun Austral. offensive an Aboriginal woman. ORIGIN from Dharuk diyin ‘woman, wife ’.

Duden Dictionary

Gin

Gin Substantiv, maskulin , der |d͜ʃɪn |der Gin; Genitiv: des Gins, (Sorten:) Gins englisch gin, Kurzform von: geneva < älter niederländisch genever, Genever wasserklarer englischer Wacholderbranntwein einen Gin (ein Glas Gin ) pur trinken | bitte drei Gin (drei Gläser mit Gin )

French Dictionary

gin

gin n. m. nom masculin Eau-de-vie de grains aromatisée au genièvre. : Des gins excellents. Prononciation Attention à la prononciation, [dʒin ]

Spanish Dictionary

gin

gin nombre masculino Ginebra .gin lemon Combinado de ginebra con refresco de limón .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘yin lemon ’.gin tonic o gin-tonic.Combinado de ginebra con tónica .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘yin tónic ’.Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘yin ’.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gin

gin 1 /dʒɪn /名詞 U ジン〘ライ麦などを原料とし, トショウの実で香りを付けた無色透明な蒸留酒〙; C 1杯のジン .～̀ and t ó nic ジントニック .～́ m ì ll ｟米俗｠安酒場 .～̀ r ú mmy ジンラミー〘2人で行うトランプの一種; →rummy 1 〙.～̀ sl í ng ジンスリング〘カクテルの一種〙.

gin

gin 2 名詞 C 1 綿繰り機 (cotton gin ).2 (獣鳥魚を捕る )わな (gin trap ).動詞他動詞 1 〈綿の種〉を綿繰り機で取る .2 …をわなで捕える .