G I N 
me, that I have been prone to conclude vvitli myfelf, 
that tJie gimmers of the world hold together not fo much 
by geometry as fome rtatural magic. Moore. 
GIMO'Nfi, a river of France, which runs into the 
Gaionne, near Riviere-Verdun. 
GIMO'NT, a town of France, in the department of 
the Gers, and chief place of a canton, in the diltridt of 
Audi: four leagues eafl: of Audi, and feven (outh- 
fouth-eaft of Ledtoure. Lat.43.37.N. Ion. 18.33. E. 
Ferro. 
GIMP, /. [See Gim, Gimp, in old Englilh, is neat, 
fpruce.] A kind of filk twift or lace. 
GIMP-WORK, f. The work which is formed of 
gimp; the adl of making gimp. Scott. 
GIM'ZO, a city of Paleftine, fituated mofl probably 
in the tribe of Judah ; taken by the Philillines in the 
reign of Ahaz king of Judah. iChron. xxviii. 18. 
GIN, /; [from A trap ; a fnare.—Be it by 
gins, by i'nares, by fubtilty. Shakefpeare. 
He made a planetary gin. 
Which rats would run their own heads in.— 
Keep from flaying fcourge thy flcin. 
And ancle free from iron gin. Hudibras. 
Any thing moved with fcrews, as an engine of torture. 
—Typhaeus’ joints were ftretched on a gin. Spencer .— 
A pump worked by rotatory fails.—The delfs w'ould 
be fo flown with waters, it being impollible to make 
any adits or Toughs to drain them, that no gins or ma¬ 
chines would fuffice to lay and keep them dry. Ray. 
[In mechanics.] A machine for raifing great weights, 
lu'ually conftrudfed of three long legs, difpofed in a 
triangular pofition. 
[Contradted from Geneva, which fee.] The fpirit 
drawn by diflillation from juniper berries : 
This calls the church to deprecate our fin, 
And hurls the thunder of our laws on gin. Pope. 
To GIN, ». ?z. [ufed in poetry for] To begin.— Gin¬ 
ning in the middle. Skakejpeare's Prcl. to Troiltts & Crejfida. 
GIN, a town of China, of the third rank, in the pro¬ 
vince of Pe-tcheli : ten miles fouth-eafl: of Chun-te. 
GIN'-DRINKING, adj. Addidted to drinking gin.— 
The common foldier can delight himfell with his gi7i- 
drinking trull. SpcnfePs Crito. 
GIN-HO'A, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Quan-tong : twenty-two miles north of 
Chao-tcheou. 
GIN-HO'AI, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Se-tchuen : thirty-two miles Ibuth of 
Tche-li-leou. 
GIN-KIA'-CANTZE, a town of Chinefe Tartary. 
Lat. 41.45. N. Ion. 141. 15. E. Ferro. 
GIN-KIEOU', a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Pe-tcheli : leventeen miles north of 
Ho-kien. 
GIN-PIN, a town of China, of the third rank, in the 
province of Chan-tong : feventeen miles north-eali: of 
Tong-tchang. 
GINAPRI, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of 
Kuii'.bo. ' 
GINASER'VIS, a town of France, in the depart, 
ment of the Var, and chief place of a canton, in the 
dilhidt of Barjols: three leagues north-well ot Barjols. 
GIN'DANES, a people of Lybia, who fed on the 
leaves of the lotus. Herodotus. 
GIN'DES, in ancient geography, a river of Albania, 
flowing into the Cyrus. There was another ot the lame 
name in Melbpdtamia. 
GINER'CA, a town of the ifland of Corfica, fituated 
in a fmall bay to which it gives-name ; thirteen miles 
ibuth of Calvi. 
GINES'TAS, a town of France, in the department 
of the Aude, and chiet place of a canton, in the dif- 
tribt of Narbonne : two leagues and a half north-well 
of Narbonne, and three eall ctf Azille, 
VoL. VTII. No. 526. 
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GIN'GEE, a town and fortrefs of Hindooftan, in the 
Carnatic, once the capital of a kingdom of the fame 
name, fituated on a mountain, and defended by three 
callles: thirty-four miles north-wefl: of Pondicherry, 
And feventy fotith-tvefi: of Madras. Lat. 12. 16. N. 
Ion. 79. 36. F 2 . Greenwich. 
GIN'GER, a fmall illand in the Welt Indies: ten 
miles fouth-lbuth-w'eft of Virgin Gorda. 
GIN'GER, /". [^zinziber. Lilt, gingero, lt'd\.'] A plant 
of great value; for tiie cultivation of which fee the 
article Amomum, vol. i. p. 480. The root of gbto-er 
is of a hot, acrid, and pungent, talle, though aromatic, 
and of a very agreeable fmell. The Indians eat the 
young flioots of the leaves, and the roots likewife. 
GIN'GERBREAD, y, A kind of farinaceous fweet- 
meat made of dough, like that of bread or bifeuit, 
fweetened with treacle, and flavoured with ginger and 
fome other aromatic feeds. It is lometimes gilt.— 
An’ I had but one penny in the world, thou Ihould’Il 
have it to buy gingerbread. Shakefpeare. 
Her currants there and goofeberries w'ere fpread, 
With the inticiiig gold of ginger-bread. King's Cook. 
GIN'GERLY, adv. [Derivation unknown.] Cau- 
tioully ; nicely.—What is’t that you took up fo gin¬ 
gerly ? Shakefpeare. 
GIN'GERNESS, y. Nicenefs ; tendernefs. 
GIN’GERWINE, f. A kind of made wine impreg¬ 
nated with ginger. 
GlNGID'IUM,y in botany. See Artedia, Dau- 
-cus, and Tordvlium. 
GINGI'RO, a kingdom of Africa, fituated to the 
fouth-well of Abyllinia. Lat. 5. N. ion. 30. E. Green¬ 
wich. 
GINGTViE, y. In anatomy, the gums; the fpongy 
flefii that furrounds the fockets of the teeth. 
GIN'GIVAL, \_gingiva, Lat.] Belonging to the 
gums.—Whim the Italians llrive to cut a thread in 
their pronunciation between D and T, fo to fweeten it, 
t\\tj make the occlufe appulfe, efpecially the gingival, 
fofter than we do, giving a little of pervioufnefs. Holder 
on Speech. 
To GIN'GLE, V. n. To utter a Iharp clattering noife ; 
to utter a Iharp noife in quick fucceflion: 
Once, we confefs, beneath the patriot’s cloak. 
From the crack’d bag the dropping guinea fpoke. 
And gingling down the backflairs, told the crev/. 
Old Cato is as great a rogue as you. Pope. 
To make an aftebted found in periods or eadcnce, as in 
low or mongrel verfes. 
To GIN'GLPd, w. a. To Ihake, fo that a Iliarp flirill 
clattering noife ihould be made : 
Her-infant grandame’s whillle next it grew, 
The bells Ihe gingled, and the whiftle blew. Pope. 
GIN'GLE, f. A flirill refounding noife. Affedta- 
tion in the found ol periods. 
GIN'GLYMOID, adj. a hinge, and 
Gr. form.] Refembling a ginglymus ; approaching to a 
ginglymug.—The malleus lies along, fixed to the tym- 
paiuim, and on the other end is joined to the incus by 
a double or ginglymoid joint. Haider. 
GIN'GLYMUS, f. In anatomy, a mutual indenting 
of two bones into each other’s cavity, in the manner of 
a hinge, of which the elbow is an Wifenan. 
GIN GST, a town of Gennany, in the circle of Up¬ 
per Saxony, in Pomerania: eight miles 1101 th.well of 
Bergen. . • , <- 
GIN'HEIM, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
the Upper Rhine, and county of Hanau-Munzenberg : 
three miles wefl-north-wefl of Frankfort on the Maine, 
and eleven welt of Hanau. 
GINK'GO,/: in botany, the Maidenhair Tree.— 
This tree prows to a prodigious lize, with a trunk Ire- 
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