Search results for 'gin':

gin¹ noun an alcoholic spirit made from barley, rye or maize and flavoured with juniper berries.
ETYMOLOGY: 18c: from Dutch genever juniper.

gin² noun 1 (also gin trap) a wire noose laid as a snare or trap for catching game. 2 a cotton gin. 3 the building in which a cotton gin is housed. 4 a hoisting machine, especially one equipped with a windlass, pulleys and ropes. verb (ginned, ginning) 1 to snare or trap (game) in a gin. 2 to remove (the seeds) from raw cotton using a cotton gin.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French engin engine or ingenuity.

gin³ noun an Australian Aboriginal woman.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: from Aboriginal diyin a woman or wife.

gin rummy and gin noun, cards a type of rummy¹ in which players have the option of ending the round at any time when their unmatched cards count ten or less, though they may decide not to do so for tactical reasons.