7 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gan \Gan\, imp. of {Gin}. [See {Gin}, v.]
Began; commenced.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gin \Gin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gan}, {Gon} (?), or {Gun} (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Ginning}.] [OE. ginnen, AS. ginnan (in
comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut open, cf. OHG. inginnan to
begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. g[=i]nan to
yawn, and E. yawn. ? See {Yawn}, v. i., and cf. {Begin}.]
To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as,
gan tell. See {Gan}. [Obs. or Archaic] ``He gan to pray.''
--Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gan
See {gin}
[also: {ganning}, {ganned}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gin
n 1: strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
2: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose [syn: {snare},
{noose}]
3: a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
[syn: {cotton gin}]
4: a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards
remaining in their hand total less than 10 points [syn: {gin
rummy}, {knock rummy}]
v 1: separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
2: trap with a snare; "gin game"
[also: {ginning}, {ginned}, {gan}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
GAN
Generating and Analyzing Networks. "GAN - A System for
Generating and Analyzing Activity Networks", A. Schurmann,
CACM 11(10) (Oct 1968).
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
GAN
Global Area Network
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
GAN
GrenzAktenNachweis (INPOL)