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

Misling :: Misling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misl.

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.) 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..

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

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..

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

Slinging :: Slinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slin.

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported..

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..

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.) To throw with 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..

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

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

Slung :: Slung () imp. & p. p. of Sling.

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..

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

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