Definition of sling

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Sling (v. t.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle..

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Gosling :: Gosling (n.) A catkin on nut trees and pines.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle..
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 (n.) A drink composed of spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
Gesling :: Gesling (n.) A gosling.
Slang :: Slang () imp. of Sling. Slung.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A contrivance for sustaining anything by suspensio.
Moslings :: Moslings (n. pl.) Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.
Gosling :: Gosling (n.) A young or unfledged goose.
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..
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows..
Houseling :: Houseling (a.) Same as Housling.
Slinger :: Slinger (n.) One who slings, or uses a sling..
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.
#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..
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..
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..
Slung :: Slung () imp. & p. p. of Sling.
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.) To throw; to hurl; to cast.
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