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.
Unsling :: Unsling (v. t.) To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings..
Bought :: Bought (n.) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
Slang :: Slang () imp. of Sling. Slung.
Misling :: Misling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misl.
Gosling :: Gosling (n.) A young or unfledged goose.
Nursling :: Nursling (n.) One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling..
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported..
#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..
Gesling :: Gesling (n.) A gosling.
Gosling :: Gosling (n.) A catkin on nut trees and pines.
Moslings :: Moslings (n. pl.) Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.
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..
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..
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder..
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.
Slinger :: Slinger (n.) One who slings, or uses a sling..
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..
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows..
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