against; near by; towards; as, gin night.-if.-to begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. see gan.-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.-contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.-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 hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.-a machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.-to catch in a trap.-to clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.