gin¹ /jin/

1. A spirit distilled from grain or malt and flavoured with juniper berries or other aromatic substances, made chiefly in Britain and the USA
2. Geneva

ginnˈy adjective

Flavoured with, under the influence of, containing or relating to gin

gin fizz noun

A drink of gin, lemon juice, carbonated water, etc

gin palace noun (derogatory)

A showily pretentious public house

ginˈshop noun (archaic)

A bar or shop selling mostly gin

gin sling noun

An iced gin and water, sweetened and flavoured, with usu lemon or lime

gin and it

Gin and Italian vermouth

gin² /jin/

1. A scheme, artifice, contrivance (Spenser)
2. A snare or trap
3. A machine, esp one for hoisting (engineering, mining, etc)
4. A cotton gin
5. An instrument of torture (Spenser)

1. To trap or snare
2. To clear of seeds by a cotton gin

ginnˈer noun

A person who gins cotton

ginnˈery or ginˈhouse noun

A place where cotton is ginned

gin trap noun

A powerful spring trap fitted with teeth

gin³ /jin/ (Aust)

An Australian Aboriginal woman

gin⁴ /jin/ or gin rummy /rumˈi/

A type of rummy in which a player whose unmatched cards count ten or less may stop the game

gin⁵ /gin/ (archaic)

To begin

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