Cotton-gin
51cotton — {{11}}cotton (n.) late 13c., from O.Fr. coton (12c.), ultimately (via Provençal, Italian, or Old Spanish) from Arabic qutn, a word perhaps of Egyptian origin. Philip Miller of the Chelsea Physic Garden sent the first cotton seeds to American… …
52gin — I [[t]dʒɪn[/t]] n. vin an alcoholic liquor distilled or redistilled with juniper berries, orange peel, or other flavorings • Etymology: 1705–15; shortened from geneva II gin [[t]dʒɪn[/t]] n. v. ginned, gin•ning 1) tex cotton gin 2) a trap or… …
53gin — dʒɪn n. strong colorless alcoholic liquor made from distilled rye and juniper berries; gin rummy (type of card game) n. cotton gin, machine which removes seeds from raw cotton; trap, snare v. trap, snare; remove seeds from cotton by means of a… …
54gin — I. verb (gan; ginning) Etymology: Middle English ginnen, short for beginnen Date: 13th century archaic begin II. noun Etymology: Middle English gin, from Anglo French, short for engin more at engine …
55gin — 1. noun /dʒɪn/ a) A colourless non aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with …
56gin — I. n. 1. Geneva. 2. Machine, crane, whim, windlass, whim gin, whimsey, whin. 3. Cotton gin. 4. Trap, snare, net, toils, noose, springe. II. v. a. 1. Pass through the gin, clear of seeds (as cotton). 2 …
57cotton — /kot n/, n. 1. a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc. 2. the plant itself, having… …
58Cotton — /kot n/, n. John, 1584 1652, U.S. clergyman, colonist, and author (grandfather of Cotton Mather). * * * I Seed hair fibre of various plants of the genus Gossypium, in the mallow family, native to most subtropical countries. The shrubby plants… …
59Cotton module builder — A module builder The cotton module builder is a machine used in the harvest and processing of cotton. The module builder has helped to solve a logistical bottleneck by allowing cotton to be harvested quickly and compressed into large modules… …
60Cotton Belt (region) — For the railroad called Cotton Belt, see St. Louis Southwestern Railway. Cotton Belt is a term applied to a region of the southern United States where cotton was the predominant cash crop from the late 18th century into the 20th century.[1]… …
