[DOC] [TLE] Cotton Gin - American History - kwizNET Math/Science/English ... [PAR] Not long after this, a number of cotton-planters were at Mrs. Greene's house. ... 
now, Eli Whitney's cotton-gin (a shortened form of the word engine, meaning any
... [DOC] [TLE] gin (machine) - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus [PAR] "gin" (machine) definition: a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton 
fibers. ... "geneva" | Middle English, ingenuity, machine, aphetic from Old French 
engin,... (Source: ... a machine used for separating seeds from raw cotton (9 of 
264 words, ... Origin: shortened from Dutch genever juniper, via Old French from 
Latin... [DOC] [TLE] Wordwizard  View topic - gin [PAR] 1. gin as it relates to the making of cotton ( Why is Eli Whitney's invention called ... 
juniper berries and the french word for juniper is genievre and of course the 
English ... The 'gin' in 'cotton' gin IS just a shortening of 'engine. [DOC] [TLE] Gin - definition of gin by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Define gin. gin synonyms, gin pronunciation, gin translation, English dictionary ... 
[C18: shortened from Dutch genever juniper, via Old French from Latin jniperus 
juniper] ... (Mechanical Engineering) Also called: cotton gin a machine of this type 
used for ... gin. (n). vb, gins, ginning, gan or gun. an archaic word for begin... [DOC] [TLE] gin - WordReference.com Dictionary of English [PAR] gin - WordReference English dictionary, questions, discussion and forums. All 
Free. ... TextilesSee cotton gin. a trap or snare for game. Mechanical... [DOC] [TLE] Mad Dog 21/21: Cotton Blather - IT Jungle [PAR] May 28, 2002 ... The "gin" in cotton gin is a shortened form of the word engine. ... Clones of the 
Whitney cotton gin, which would be illegal now but back then fell ... of its inventor, 
but the English word gin might, like many other words in English,... [DOC] [TLE] What does gin mean - Definition of gin - Word finder [PAR] Find the word definition ... A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a 
cotton gin. ... 2 (context uncountable English) gin rummy 3 (context poker English
) drawing the ... Eli Whitney, famous for the cotton gin, also developed mass 
production ... "type of distilled drinking alcohol," 1714, shortening of geneva, 
altered (by... [DOC] [TLE] Forgotten spot holds important history of US South, cotton ... - Newsela [PAR] Feb 29, 2016 ... A model of a 19th-century cotton gin is on display at the Eli Whitney Museum ... 
The word "gin" is just a shortened form of "engine," or machine. [DOC] [TLE] Cotton gin meaning [PAR] Jul 18, 2016 ... However, the invention of the cotton engine (shortened to. ... It was here that Eli 
Whitney built a cotton gin that changed the course ... More meanings of this word 
and English-Russian, Russian-English COTTON GIN  noun... [DOC] [TLE] ON LANGUAGE - WHITEWATER WORDS - NYTimes.com [PAR] Mar 27, 1994 ... The Oxford English Dictionary doesn't have throw off in the ... This is no reference 
to gin, the alcoholic beverage, but is a shortening of ginger up, ... at Eli Whitney's 
19th-century cotton-picking engine, or cotton gin, but the... [DOC] [TLE] Eli (name) - Wikipedia [PAR] Eli is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, from Biblical  "ascent", the 
name of Eli, the ... Eli Whitney (17651825) American inventor of the cotton gin; 
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died 1919), Chinese-American businessman; Roger Eli (born 1965), English 
former... [DOC] [TLE] Cotton - Visit Roswell Georgia Convention & Visitors Bureau [PAR] 1793 Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin, while visiting a Georgia plantation.  
Prior to the Gin it took 10 ...

Question: The "gin" in Whitney's cotton gin is a shortening of this English word
Answer: engine