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

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

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

Gesling :: Gesling (n.) A gosling.

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported..

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

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..

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