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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..

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..

Sling :: Sling (n.) A drink composed of spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A contrivance for sustaining anything by suspensio.

Gesling :: Gesling (n.) A gosling.

Onager :: Onager (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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.) 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..

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

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to cast.

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

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