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

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..

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

Houseling :: Houseling (a.) Same as Housling.

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

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..

Gesling :: Gesling (n.) A gosling.

Bought :: Bought (n.) The part of a sling that contains the stone.

#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..

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..

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

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.

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.) A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder..

Slinger :: Slinger (n.) One who slings, or uses a sling..

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

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

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

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..

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