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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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