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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



... piteously, fell to the ground. Hereupon there came over the young man all at once a strange mood of regret and compassion for his poor victim. Instead of putting it immediately to death, he bound up the wounds as well as he could with moss and twigs of trees, placed it on a sort of canvas sling on which he was in the habit of carrying great fagots, and with much labour brought it home, in hopes that he might be able at last to cure and tame his fallen adversary. He did not find his father in the cottage, and it was not without some fear and anxiety that he laid the ...
— Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian • Various
... all out and pile it in the back yard. I'll have an ashman come and remove it. Whew! there is a dead hen under here; sling that out ...
— Vandover and the Brute • Frank Norris
... dirt and dead leaves which had adhered to them, I succeeded in returning them; although I expected the dog's death every instant. Taking off my neck tie, I made a pad, with which I secured the aperture, and bound him tightly round with a handkerchief. Making a sling with a couple of jackets upon a pole, we placed the dog carefully, within it, and carried him home. By dressing the wound every day with margosse oil, and keeping the pad and bandage in the place, to my astonishment the dog recovered, and ...
— The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon • Samuel White Baker
... of luck," the captain said. "That will do, Jacques. Take him forward and sling a hammock for him. Hang up his clothes in the cook's galley, they will be dry by the time ...
— One of the 28th • G. A. Henty
... men had done the killing. After some deliberation a number of men walked off, one of them a venerable old man, armed after the old fashion with a bow and a handful of poisoned arrows, which he handled with deliberate care; he also carried a club in a sling over his shoulder. Of all those strong men, this old one seemed to me the most dangerous but also the most beautiful and the most genuine. After a while they returned, and two other men slunk ...
— Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific • Felix Speiser


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