Sling \Sling\, n. [Cf. G. schlingen to swallow.] A drink composed of spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
Sling \Sling\, v. t. [imp. {Slung}, Archaic {Slang}; p. p. {Slung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slinging}.] [AS. slingan; akin to D. slingeren, G. schlingen, to wind, to twist, to creep, OHG. slingan to wind, to twist, to move to and fro, Icel. slyngva, sl["o]ngva, to sling, Sw. slunga, Dan. slynge, Lith. slinkti to creep.] 1. To throw with a sling. ``Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss.'' --Judg. xx. 16.
2. To throw; to hurl; to cast. --Addison.
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.
Sling \Sling\, n. [OE. slinge; akin to OD. slinge, D. slinger, OHG. slinga; cf. OF. eslingue, of German origin. See {Sling}, v. t.] 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. --Shak.
At one sling Of thy victorius arm, well-pleasing Son. --Milton.
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.
He's glad when the job is done, when he no longer is hanging in a sling seat 300 feet above ground.
When Mitchell returns home five days later, one hand is bandaged and the other arm in a sling.
It's becoming mighty expensive for companies to sling mud at each other.
The season "moves hundreds of Vermonters to jump into waterproof overalls, sling a loaded rifle over their shoulder and climb into a tree."
Ulysses will use Jupiter's gravity to sling it into orbit around the sun.
If all else fails and rescuers scrambling to free two gray whales trapped by Arctic ice are forced to airlift the mammals to freedom, a California company is ready to fashion a custom sling.
In the Oct. 5 accident, workers failed to secure a 60- to 70-foot beam that is part of a sling used to raise the orbiter, and the beam fell about 8 inches inside the assembly building.
Pengun the musk ox has already learned to maneuver a ceiling sling at Point Defiance Zoo since her left foreleg was amputated in September.
Reagan's arm will be in a sling and his hand bandaged for several days.
Ulysses will use the planet's strong gravity to sling it back through the solar system and into an unprecedented orbit over the sun's poles.
His bandaged hand is in a sling.
I knew I would be wiped out so I took off running." Gurley, his arm in a sling, said a piece of metal had hit him in the back.
As far as Harvey Rosenfield is concerned, David had it easy against Goliath _ at least David had a sling and five stones.
A huge sign, so heavy he had to carry it in a sling, put his case in capitalistic terms: "4,000 Home Grown American Customers Murdered Each Day by Abortion." He told of a time that argument made an impact on a co-worker.