Cotton-gin
71swan's-down cotton — Cotton Cot ton (k[o^]t t n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr. Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. {Acton}, {Hacqueton}.] 1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the …
72gin — gin1 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 C18: abbrev. of genever. gin2 noun 1》 a machine for separating cotton from its seeds …
73gin — 1. n. an alcoholic spirit distilled from grain or malt and flavoured with juniper berries. Phrases and idioms: gin rummy a form of the card game rummy. Etymology: abbr. of GENEVA 2. n. & v. n. 1 a snare or trap. 2 a machine for separating cotton… …
74cotton harvester — ▪ machine machine for harvesting cotton bolls. Mechanical cotton harvesters are of two basic types, strippers and pickers. Stripper type harvesters strip the entire plant of both open and unopened bolls along with many leaves and stems. The …
75cotton — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ 100%, pure ▪ a pure cotton T shirt ▪ light, thin ▪ She was shivering in her thin cotton dress ▪ …
76Gin mill — Mill Mill, n. [OE. mille, melle, mulle, milne, AS. myln, mylen; akin to D. molen, G. m[ u]hle, OHG. mul[=i], mul[=i]n, Icel. mylna; all prob. from L. molina, fr. mola millstone; prop., that which grinds, akin to molere to grind, Goth. malan, G.… …
77gin — An intoxicating alcoholic liquor. Skaggs v State (Okla Crim) 276 P2d 267 49 ALR2d 760. A liquor distilled from grain and flavored with the juice of juniper berries. A machine used to remove the seed from the fiber of the cotton plant …
78Sea Island cotton — Le coton de Sea Island est une variété de coton dont la qualité était prisée. Il s agit du Gossypium barbadense. Il a joué un rôle majeur dans l histoire de la culture du coton aux États Unis. Sommaire 1 Caractéristiques 2 Une origine orientale… …
79Roller gin — Le roller gin, inventé en 1778 en Georgie par l anglais Kinsey Burden, planteur de coton en Caroline du Sud, est une des premières machines permettant de trier les semences de coton des fibres[1]. Le roller gin[2] de Kinsey Burden[3] est alors… …
80King Cotton — was a phrase used in the Southern United States mainly by Southern politicians and authors who wanted to illustrate the importance of the cotton crop to the Confederate economy during the American Civil War. [citebook|title=A Financial History of …
