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

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

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

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.) 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..

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.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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