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Sling   /slɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Sling  n.  
1.
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.
2.
The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke. "The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune." "At one sling Of thy victorius arm, well-pleasing Son."
3.
A contrivance for sustaining anything by suspension; as:
(a)
A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
(b)
A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
(c)
A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
(d)
(Naut.) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; chiefly in the plural.
Sling cart, a kind of cart used to transport cannon and their carriages, large stones, machines, etc., the objects transported being slung, or suspended by a chain attached to the axletree.
Sling dog, one of a pair of iron hooks used as part of a sling. See def. 3 (b) above.


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


verb
Sling  v. t.  (past slung, archaic slang; past part. slung; pres. part. slinging)  
1.
To throw with a sling. "Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss."
2.
To throw; to hurl; to cast.
3.
To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.
4.
(Naut) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.





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"Sling" Quotes from Famous Books



... besiegers. With the help of a throwing-stick, or rather whip, wooden spears could be thrown in the sieges more than a hundred yards. Ignorant of the bow-and-arrow and the boomerang, the Maoris knew and used the sling. With it red-hot stones would be hurled over the palisades, among the rush-thatched huts of an assaulted village, a stratagem all the more difficult to cope with as Maori pas seldom contained wells or springs of water. The courage and cunning developed in the almost incessant tribal feuds ...
— The Long White Cloud • William Pember Reeves
... these strong, they now retain only one. The others, on the principle of dismissing whatever can be dismissed, they have let go. Thus 'chide' had once 'chid' and 'chode', but though 'chode' is in our Bible (Gen. xxxi. 36), it has not maintained itself in our speech; 'sling' had 'slung' and 'slang' (1 Sam. xvii. 49); only 'slung' remains; 'fling' had once 'flung' and 'flang'; 'strive' had 'strove' and 'strave'; 'stick' had 'stuck' and 'stack'; 'hang' had 'hung' and 'hing' (Golding); ...
— English Past and Present • Richard Chenevix Trench
... peculiar manner on the door of the dark garret, which turned at once on its rusty and creaking hinges. Ginevra then saw a tall and well-made young man, whose Imperial uniform set her heart to beating. The officer had one arm in a sling, and the pallor of his face revealed sharp suffering. Seeing ...
— Vendetta • Honore de Balzac
... means of crossing from one bank to the other is by the rope bridges, of which I saw three. Several times I had a chance to watch some one making the trip. From a bamboo rope securely anchored on either bank with heavy rocks, a sling-seat is suspended by means of a section of bamboo which travels along the rope. Seated in the sling the weight of the voyager carries him more than halfway across, but after that he must haul himself up by sheer force. A slip would mean certain death, and it ...
— A Wayfarer in China - Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia • Elizabeth Kendall
... stepped into a room that did not look like any room he had ever seen before. There were no chairs at all and only one table. A stove in one corner had a good fire in it, and a man, with one arm in a sling, sat near ...
— Sunny Boy and His Playmates • Ramy Allison White


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