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

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..

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

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

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

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack..

Quarter :: Quarter (n.) The after-part of a vessel's side, generally corresponding in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the part of the yardarm outside of the slings..

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

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..

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..

Slinger :: Slinger (n.) One who slings, or uses a sling..

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..

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

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

Unsling :: Unsling (v. t.) To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings..

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle..

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; to hurl; to cast.

Sling :: Sling (n.) A drink composed of spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.

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