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▪ I. † ˈginner1 Obs.
[f. gin v.1 + -er1.]
A beginner.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. v. pr. i. 150 Þei ne vndirstoden ne moeueden it nauȝt by god prince and gynner [Camb. MS. bygynnere] of wirkyng. c1385― L.G.W. 1231 Dido, This was the firste morwe Of hire gladnisse & gynnere of hire sorwe.
▪ II. ginner2|ˈdʒɪnə(r)|
[f. gin v.2 + -er1.]
One who ‘gins’ cotton. Also cotton-ginner.
1873W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 304 A cotton ginner. 1879Sir G. Campbell White & Black 360 Merchants and ginners look a good deal after the quality of the seed.
So ˈginnery, a place for ‘ginning’ cotton.
1896Living Topics Cycl. (N.Y.) II., Crude oil mills..refineries..cotton ginneries. |