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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



... rather grimly. "Very well, if you want him taken aback, I will take him aback, even if I have to resort to force." He withdrew his right arm from its sling and began unwrapping the bandages and throwing the ...
— The Daughter of a Magnate • Frank H. Spearman
... the brothers was to have a chill, and appear too sick to go over the river. But two days passed before the opportunity arrived that enabled them to carry out their plan. When Alfred informed the ex-master of the illness of his brother, of course he must hasten to the sick boy with a nice brandy-sling for the chills, and he purchased a good quantity for them all. While he was handing a glass of sweetened brandy to the sick man, a company of men rushed in and held him, while Alfred and two brothers stripped him ...
— A Woman's Life-Work - Labors and Experiences • Laura S. Haviland
... time over it, though Sheridan was rebellious and scornful, being brought to a degree of tractability only by means of horrible threats and talk of amputation. However, he appeared at the dinner-table with his hand supported in a sling, which he seemed to regard as an indignity, while the natural inquiries upon the subject evidently struck him as deliberate insults. Mrs. Sheridan, having been unable to contain her solicitude several times during the day, and having been checked ...
— The Turmoil - A Novel • Booth Tarkington
... arrives with her brother Dami. He is decorated with the iron cross, but he wears his arm in a sling. His sister has brought him home from the battle field in order to nurse him; she has caught cold herself, so that her whole face is bound up in a woolen shawl. Rosel, reappearing in a simple working-dress greets her old lover, but Dami speaks very bitterly, when he hears ...
— The Standard Operaglass - Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas • Charles Annesley
... evidence of carelessness. No deflector screens were set up. A Moreku tribesman could put a stone from a sling in there, and really mess them up—if he could sneak in close enough. He ...
— The Best Made Plans • Everett B. Cole


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