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gin

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1. an alcoholic drink obtained by distillation and rectification of the grain of malted barley, rye, or maize, flavoured with juniper berries

2. any of various grain spirits flavoured with other fruit or aromatic essences

3. an alcoholic drink made from any rectified spirit

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gin

²

1. a primitive engine in which a vertical shaft is turned by horses driving a horizontal beam or yoke in a circle

2. a machine of this type used for separating seeds from raw cotton

3. a trap for catching small mammals, consisting of a noose of thin strong wire

4. a hand-operated hoist that consists of a drum winder turned by a crank

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

gin

[jin]

(agriculture)

A machine used to separate cotton fiber from the seed and waste.

To thus separate cotton fiber.

(food engineering)

An alcoholic beverage made from distilled spirits flavored with an extract of the juniperberry or other flavoring botanicals.

(mechanical engineering)

A hoisting machine in the form of a tripod with a windlass, pulleys, and ropes.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

GIN

A special-purpose macro assembler used to build the GEORGE 3 operating system for ICL1900 series computers.

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