Vocabulary : Gimmal to Gingerly
Gimmal : Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings. ;; A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer.Gimmer : Alt. of Gimmor
Gimmor : A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack.
Gimp : Smart; spruce; trim; nice. ;; 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. ;; To notch; to indent; to jag.
Gin : Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. ;; If. ;; To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan. ;; 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. ;; Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. ;; 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. ;; A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim. ;; A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin. ;; To catch in a trap. ;; To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.
