| gin | 1. To catch in a trap. 2. To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton. Origin: Ginned; Ginning. 1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. 2. 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. <chemical> A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim. 3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin. The name is also given to an instrument of torture worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary sails. Gin block, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel, over which a rope runs; called also whip gin, rubbish pulley, and monkey wheel. Gin power, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin. Gin race, or Gin ring, the path of the horse when putting a gin in motion. Gin saw, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibres through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper. Gin wheel. In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fibre through the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint. <chemical> The drum of a whim. Origin: A contraction of engine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Gin recombinase | <enzyme> From phage mu; involved in DNA inversion in plants Registry number: EC 2.7.7.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| gingave | <dentistry> Another name for your gums (05 Mar 2000) |
| ginger | 1. <botany> A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. Officinale. 2. The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine. Ginger beer or ale, a mild beer impregnated with ginger. Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy. Ginger pop. See Ginger beer (above). Ginger wine, wine impregnated with ginger. <botany> Wild ginger, an American herb (Asarum Canadense) with two reniform leaves and a long, cordlike rootstock which has a strong taste of ginger. Origin: OE. Ginger, gingever, gingivere, OF. Gengibre, gingimbre, F. Gingembre, L. Zingiber, zingiberi, fr. Gr.; of Oriental origin; cf. Ar. & Pers. Zenjebil, fr. Skr. Gavera, prop, hornshaped; ga horn + vera body. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ginger oleoresin | A carminative, stimulant, and flavoring agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ginger paralysis | Neuropathy produced by drinking synthetic Jamaican ginger (or "jake" in the vernacular) containing triorthocresylphosphate. Synonym: ginger paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingerbread | A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes. Gingerbread that was full fine. <botany> " Gingerbread tree, the doom palm; so called from the resemblance of its fruit to gingerbread. See Doom Palm. Gingerbread work, ornamentation, in architecture or decoration, of a fantastic, trivial, or tawdry character. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gingili oil | <chemical> The refined fixed oil obtained from the seed of one or more cultivated varieties of sesamum indicum. It is used as a solvent and oleaginous vehicle for drugs and has been used internally as a laxative and externally as a skin softener. It is used also in the manufacture of margarine, soap, and cosmetics. Chemical name: Fats and Glyceridic oils, sesame (12 Dec 1998) |
| ginging | <chemical> The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent caving. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gingiva | The gum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gingivae | The gums of the mouth. (27 Sep 1997) |
| gingival | Relating to the gums. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival abrasion | A lesion of the gingiva resulting from mechanical removal of a portion of the surface epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival abscess | An abscess confined to the gingival soft tissue. Synonym: gumboil, parulis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival atrophy | The exposure of root surface by an apical shift in the position of the gingiva. (12 Dec 1998) |