Cotton-gin
61cotton — n. & v. n. 1 a soft white fibrous substance covering the seeds of certain plants. 2 a (in full cotton plant) such a plant, esp. any of the genus Gossypium. b cotton plants cultivated as a crop for the fibre or the seeds. 3 thread or cloth made… …
62gin — noun 1 (C, U) a strong alcoholic drink made mainly from grain see also: pink gin, gin and tonic 2 (C) a trap for catching small animals or birds see also: cotton gin …
63gin saw — noun : the saw used to draw fibers through a cotton gin …
64gin — Ⅰ. gin [1] ► NOUN 1) a clear alcoholic spirit distilled from grain or malt and flavoured with juniper berries. 2) (also gin rummy) a form of the card game rummy. ORIGIN abbreviation of genever, a kind of Dutch gin, from Latin juniperus (gin being …
65Cotton picker — at work The mechanical cotton picker is a machine that automates cotton harvesting in a way that reduces harvest time and maximizes efficiency. Contents …
66Gin — Gin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ginned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ginning}.] 1. To catch in a trap. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 2. To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton. [1913 Webster] …
67Father of the Cotton Gin — Eli Whitney …
68whip gin — Gin Gin, n. [A contraction of engine.] [1913 Webster] 1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with …
69cotton — I n. 1) to gin; grow; pick; plant cotton 2) (AE) absorbent cotton 3) a bale of cotton II v. (colloq.) (AE) (d; intr.) ( to take a liking ) to cotton to * * * [ kɒtn] grow pick plant cotton (AE) absorben …
70gin — {{11}}gin (n.1) type of distilled drinking alcohol, 1714, shortening of geneva, altered (by influence of the similarity of the name of the Swiss city, with which it has no other connection) from Du. genever juniper (because the alcohol was… …
