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Slang :: Slang () imp. of Sling. Slung.

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

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.) 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 kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported..

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

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

Nursling :: Nursling (n.) One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling..

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 hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack..

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.) To throw; to hurl; to cast.

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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