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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..

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

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder..

Gosling :: Gosling (n.) A young or unfledged goose.

Onager :: Onager (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery..

Gosling :: Gosling (n.) A catkin on nut trees and pines.

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.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle..

Bought :: Bought (n.) The part of a sling that contains the stone.

Moslings :: Moslings (n. pl.) Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported..

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To throw with a sling.

Houseling :: Houseling (a.) Same as Housling.

Housling :: Housling (a.) Sacramental; as, housling fire..

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..

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.

Gesling :: Gesling (n.) A gosling.

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

Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.

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