Definition of sling

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Sling (v. t.) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force..

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Gesling :: Gesling (n.) A gosling.
Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering..
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder..
Ram :: Ram (n.) In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram..
Unsling :: Unsling (v. t.) To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings..
Top-chain :: Top-chain (n.) A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away..
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.
Diminutive :: Diminutive (n.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin..
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows..
Onager :: Onager (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery..
Nursling :: Nursling (n.) One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling..
Gosling :: Gosling (n.) A young or unfledged goose.
Sling :: Sling (n.) A drink composed of spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
Misling :: Misling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misl.
Bought :: Bought (n.) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported..
#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To throw with a sling.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force..
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