Definition of sling

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Sling (v. t.) A contrivance for sustaining anything by suspensio.

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Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.
Unsling :: Unsling (v. t.) To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings..
Gosling :: Gosling (n.) A catkin on nut trees and pines.
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..
Bought :: Bought (n.) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to cast.
Slang :: Slang () imp. of Sling. Slung.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle..
Gosling :: Gosling (n.) A young or unfledged goose.
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..
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.
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..
Slung :: Slung () imp. & p. p. of Sling.
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..
#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..
Nursling :: Nursling (n.) One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling..
Moslings :: Moslings (n. pl.) Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.
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..
Gesling :: Gesling (n.) A gosling.
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows..
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