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bin (iou)



bin noun & verb.
[Old English bin(n), binne from Brittonic base of Welsh ben cart or from Gaulish (recorded in medieval Latin as benna) whence French banne, Italian dial. benna hamper, Dutch ben, German Benne body of a cart.]
A. noun.
I.
gen. A receptacle (orig. of wicker- or basketwork). OE.
II. spec.
A receptacle for provender in a stable; a manger. Long obsolete exc. dial. OE.
(Freq. with specifying word.)
a. A receptacle for storing grain, bread, or other foodstuffs. OE.
b. A receptacle for storing coal etc. M19.
c. A receptacle for litter, household rubbish, etc. M19.
A canvas receptacle used in hop-picking. M18.
A partitioned stand for storing wine in bottle; transf. wine from a particular bin. M18.
Any of a number of open compartments in a woolshed where wool is stowed by classes after sorting. Austral. & NZ. M19.
In full loony bin. A mental home or hospital. colloq. E20.
Each of a series of ranges of numerical value into which data are sorted in statistical analysis. M20.
Comb.: bin-bag a (usu. plastic) bag for holding rubbish; bin-end one of the last bottles of wine from a particular bin; bin-liner a strong bag put inside a litter or rubbish bin and removed along with the contents when the bin is full; binman (a) a man in charge of a bin during hop-picking; (b) Scot., Anglo-Irish, & north. a dustman.
b. verb trans. Infl. -nn-.
Place in a bin; throw away, discard. M19.
Group together (data) in bins. L20.