GIN (3)

gin (3). Gin, v.t. to clean cotton of its feeds by a gin

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Gin (gĭn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gan (găn), Gon (gŏn), or Gun (gŭn); p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning.] [[OE. ginnen, AS. ginnan (in comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut open, cf. OHG. inginnan to begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. gīnan to yawn, and E. yawn. √31. See Yawn, v. i., and cf. Begin.]] To begin; — often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan. “He gan to pray.” Chaucer.