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Definition of 'ginn'

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en-noun)
  • * {{quote-book|year=|author=The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. (1810-1897)|title=Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|chapter=|edition= citation
  • |passage=AZA'ZEL, one of the ginn or jinn, all of whom were made of "smokeless fire," that is, the fire of the Simoom. }}
  • * {{quote-book|year=1886|author=Andrew Lang|title=In the Wrong Paradise|chapter=|edition= citation
  • |passage=There also were the "maids of modest glances," previously indifferent to the wooing "of man or ginn ." }}
  • * {{quote-book|year=|author=Sax Rohmer (1883-1959)|title=The Quest of the Sacred Slipper|chapter=|edition= citation
  • |passage=I accordingly assumed Hassan to be a myth--a first cousin to the ginn . }}

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • * {{quote-book|year=|author=Charles Reade (1814-1884) and Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)|title=Foul Play|chapter=|edition= citation
  • |passage=You ginn it us hot--you did. }}
  • * {{quote-book|year=1912|author=Lawrence J. Burpee|title=Humour of the North|chapter=|edition= citation
  • |passage=Well, the doctor axed me to vote for his son, and I just up and told him I would, only my relation was candidating also; but ginn him my hand and promise I would be neuter. }} ----

    Similar to 'ginn'

    gun, gain, gown, gin, gan, goon, gen, gaon, gean, gon, geon, gowan, guan, giuen, goin, gein, goan, gawn, ghayn