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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slung  \Slung\, 
  imp.  &  p.  p.  of  {Sling}. 
 
  {Slung  shot},  a  metal  ball  of  small  size,  with  a  string 
  attached,  used  by  ruffians  for  striking. 




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