Index of English words, starting with "gi"

(1) - Gimp (v. t.) To notch; to indent; to jag.
(2) - Gimp (n.) A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc.
(3) - Gimp (a.) Smart; spruce; trim; nice.

(1) - Gin (v. t.) To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.
(2) - Gin (v. t.) To catch in a trap.
(3) - Gin (n.) A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.
(4) - Gin (n.) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
(5) - Gin (n.) 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.
(6) - Gin (n.) Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
(7) - Gin (n.) A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; -- also called Hollands and Holland gin, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine.
(8) - Gin (v. i.) To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.
(9) - Gin (conj.) If.
(10) - Gin (n.) Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

(1) - Gingal (n.) See Jingal.

(1) - Ginger (n.) The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine.
(2) - Ginger (n.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.