Definition of sling

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

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Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To throw with a sling.
#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..
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..
Housling :: Housling (a.) Sacramental; as, housling fire..
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.) A contrivance for sustaining anything by suspensio.
Houseling :: Houseling (a.) Same as Housling.
Bought :: Bought (n.) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
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..
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke..
Nursling :: Nursling (n.) One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling..
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows..
Moslings :: Moslings (n. pl.) Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.
Slinging :: Slinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slin.
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..
Slinger :: Slinger (n.) One who slings, or uses a sling..
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to cast.
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.) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle..
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