(1):

(v. i.) To begin; - often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

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

(5):

(n.) Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.

(6):

(conj.) If.

(7):

(v. t.) To catch in a trap.

(8):

(v. t.) To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.

(9):

(n.) Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

(10):

(n.) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.