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:<small>''The word "gin" can also mean a machine, particularly a snare or trap. It is closely related to the word "engine." Whitney's [[Cotton gin]] is one example of this use. The lines "Oh, thou who didst with pitfall and with gin/Beset the road I was to wander in," from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, are another.''</small>
 
:<small>''The word "gin" can also mean a machine, particularly a snare or trap. It is closely related to the word "engine." Whitney's [[Cotton gin]] is one example of this use. The lines "Oh, thou who didst with pitfall and with gin/Beset the road I was to wander in," from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, are another.''</small>
'''Gin''' is an [[alcoholic beverage]] made by distilling the mash of fermented [[grain]].  The resulting spirit is then flavored by the addition of herbal extracts, primarily [[juniper]] berries. The main producers of gin are [[England]], [[Ireland]] and the [[Netherlands]].
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'''Gin''' is an [[alcoholic beverage]] made by distilling the mash of fermented [[grain]].  The resulting spirit is then [[flavor]]ed by the addition of herbal extracts, primarily [[juniper]] berries. The main producers of gin are [[England]], [[Ireland]] and the [[Netherlands]].
    
==England and Ireland==
 
==England and Ireland==
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