Cotton-gin
11cotton gin — cot′ton gin n. tex a machine for separating the fibers of cotton from the seeds Also called gin II, 1) Etymology: 1790–1800, amer …
12cotton gin — noun a) A machine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds, etc. b) Any mechanism that separates one person from another, whether it be distance, time, or apathy …
13cotton gin — noun (C) a machine that separates the seeds of a cotton plant from the cotton …
14cotton gin — noun Date: 1796 a machine that separates the seeds, hulls, and foreign material from cotton …
15cotton gin — machine which separates cotton fibers from the seeds …
16cotton gin — /ˈkɒtn dʒɪn/ (say kotn jin) noun a machine for separating the fibres of cotton from the seeds …
17cotton gin — The machine for separating the fiber of cotton from the seeds …
18cotton gin — Eli Whitney …
19Gin — 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 a… …
20Gin block — 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 …