To catch in a trap.

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

Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.

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

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.

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.

If.

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

To begin; – often followed by an infinitive without to;
as, gan tell. See Gan.

A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.