Definition of sling

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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..

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Housling :: Housling (a.) Sacramental; as, housling fire..
Slang :: Slang () imp. of Sling. Slung.
Nursling :: Nursling (n.) One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling..
#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.) To throw with a sling.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A contrivance for sustaining anything by suspensio.
Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack..
Slinger :: Slinger (n.) One who slings, or uses a sling..
Bought :: Bought (n.) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..
Moslings :: Moslings (n. pl.) Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.
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..
Gosling :: Gosling (n.) A catkin on nut trees and pines.
Misling :: Misling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misl.
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..
Gosling :: Gosling (n.) A young or unfledged goose.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke..
Unsling :: Unsling (v. t.) To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings..
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