Definition of sling

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

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Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack..
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..
Misling :: Misling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misl.
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.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle..
Unsling :: Unsling (v. t.) To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings..
Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.
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..
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.) The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke..
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..
Gesling :: Gesling (n.) A gosling.
Slang :: Slang () imp. of Sling. Slung.
Nursling :: Nursling (n.) One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling..
Houseling :: Houseling (a.) Same as Housling.
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.) A contrivance for sustaining anything by suspensio.
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..
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