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Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.

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..

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

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..

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

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

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To throw with a sling.

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

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

Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows..

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

Gesling :: Gesling (n.) A gosling.

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

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