Definition of sling

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Sling (v. t.) The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke..

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Slinging :: Slinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slin.
Onager :: Onager (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery..
Unsling :: Unsling (v. t.) To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings..
Houseling :: Houseling (a.) Same as Housling.
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 strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder..
Gosling :: Gosling (n.) A catkin on nut trees and pines.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke..
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows..
#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..
Sling :: Sling (n.) A drink composed of spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
Gosling :: Gosling (n.) A young or unfledged goose.
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..
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..
Moslings :: Moslings (n. pl.) Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.
Bought :: Bought (n.) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
Gesling :: Gesling (n.) A gosling.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.
Slinger :: Slinger (n.) One who slings, or uses a sling..
Slang :: Slang () imp. of Sling. Slung.
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