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▪ I. † ˈginning, vbl. n.1 Obs.
[f. gin v.1 + -ing1.]
= beginning.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 38 Als alle þis sorow & wo was in þe gynnyng, Died S. Dunstan. 1340Ayenb. 234 Ase ine þe rounde figure, þe ende went ayen to his ginninge. 1429Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 143 The gynning of his roial noblesse. 1463Bury Wills (Camden) 40 Annexid to the same rolle in the gynnyng.
So † ˈginningless a., having no beginning.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. ix. 212 On Endles Ende, o gynnyngles Gynnynge.
▪ II. ginning, vbl. n.2|ˈdʒɪnɪŋ|
[f. gin v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of gin v.2 (sense 2); the operation of separating the seeds of cotton from the fibre.
1789Trans. Soc. Arts I. 255 Much of the moss also rubs off in ginning, and mixes with the cotton. 1839Ure Dict. Arts, Ginning, the operation by which the filaments of cotton are separated from the seeds. 1885Standard 30 Jan. 5/3 The new fibre will require no ginning.
b. Comb. (in sense of ‘used in’ or ‘for ginning cotton’), as ginning-cylinder, ginning-house, ginning-machine, ginning-mill.
1875Knight Dict. Mech. 969/1 The *ginning-cylinder.
1884J. Colborne Hicks Pasha 15 M. Marquet, is erecting a *ginning-house for the preparation of cotton.
1888Pall Mall G. 22 June 12/1 A *ginning machine which has been introduced into China from Japan.
1879Sir G. Campbell White & Black 150 Many hands..find employment in the *ginning mills. |