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slingn.1

Brit. /slɪŋ/, U.S. /slɪŋ/
Forms: α. Middle English– sling (Middle English scling), Middle English, 1500s slinge, Middle English–1500s slyng(e, Middle English sclyng(e; Middle English sleng(e. β. ScottishMiddle English slong, 1500s sloung, Middle English–1500s, 1800s slung.
Etymology: apparently of Continental origin, but the precise source is not clear. The forms in the cognate languages which correspond most closely to the usual sling are Middle Low German slinge, Old High German slinga (slinka, Middle High German slinge, German dialect schlinge), older Danish slinge, slynghe (Danish slynge); compare also Old French eslingue (elingue, modern Norman and Picard élingue). The rare Middle English sleng answers to Middle Low German slenge, Old High German slenga (Middle High German slenge, older or dialect German schlenge, schlenke). The Scottish slung, †slong, resembles the Middle Swedish slonga (slionga, sliunga), Swedish slunga, but it is difficult to assume direct connection. Old Norse slǫngva (Icelandic slanga) would normally have given Middle English *slang, but the form might have been modified under the influence of the verb. There is no independent evidence of the Flemish slinge ‘funda’ given by Plantin and Kilian along with the usual slinger.
a. An implement or weapon for hurling stones or similar missiles by hand with great force or to a distance, consisting of a strap attached to two cords or strings, or to a stick or staff (= staff sling n.); the impulse is given by rapid whirling of the sling before discharging it. Also locally, a boy's catapult. Frequently in allusions to the slaying of Goliath by David (1 Sam. xvii. 40, 49–50).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > sling
litherc725
slinga1387
staff-slingc1386
slacky1653
stick sling1824
α.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 455 [He] was anon i-smyte wiþ a stoon of a slynge.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 14431 Dauid.. þat sclou golias wid his scling.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7528 His arms fra him did he suing, And tok bot a staf and a sling [Gött. slenge].
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 52 Dauid orthrewe hym sone with his stone and his slyng.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. ix Alle the men came to gyder, somme with slynges, and somme with bowes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 271/2 Slynge made in a shepherdes staffe, fonde hollette.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 47 In war their weapons are slings, and swordes made of base iron.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 333 Twenty Moores broke out vpon me, with shables and slings.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 61 With Balearick Slings, or Gnossian Bow, To persecute from far the flying Doe. View more context for this quotation
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews vi. ix, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 174 Taking one of the stones.., and fitting it to his sling, he slang it against the Philistine.
1828 Boy's Own Bk. (ed. 2) 25 The sling... Whirl it round several times, let go the shorter thong, and the stone will be shot to a great distance.
1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 3 Not allowing their children any food until they struck it from the top of a pole with a stone from a sling.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 34 Pebble from sling Prostrates a giant.
β. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 159 Dauid..vencust that grete Golyas with..his slong and his slong stanis.1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xvii. 95 xxx centuries quhilkis war commandit to bere sloungis and casting stanis.1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 19 With bow and slung to cast arrow and stane.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 145 Ȝoung men soulde vse for waepinis a slung with a bow.1808 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (and still in common use).
b. figurative or in figurative contexts.
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c1315 Shoreham vi. 25 Þou ert þe slinge, þy sone þe ston Þat dauy slange golye op-on.
1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. xvii. f. ccxlviii Yonge folyshe Dauyd, that hath..with the slynge of hys heresyes, slongen hymselfe to the deuyll.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. f. a iijv Out of the slyng of his Regall autoritee [he] cast the corner stone.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 60 The slings and arrowes of outragious fortune. View more context for this quotation
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 123 If he [sc. a horse] would not be a Sap-whistle, he might be a Sling at any time.
1874 S. Cox Pilgrim Psalms ii. 42 The slings and arrows of adversity.]
c. A machine or implement for hurling large stones or missiles; a ballista.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > ballista
ballistaeOE
ginc1325
mangonelc1325
springalc1330
ballistc1384
scorpionc1384
tormentc1384
trebuchet1388
fowler1420
dondainec1430
onagera1460
perrier1481
trabuch?1482
bricole1489
coillard1489
mouton1489
sambuca1489
martinet1523
racket1535
sling1535
brake1552
catapult1577
sweep1598
sling-dart1600
petrary1610
espringal1614
scorpion-bowa1629
swafe1688
sackbut1756
mangona1773
matafunda1773
lombard1838
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxvi. 9 His slynges & batelrammes shal he prepare for thy walles.
1610 Bible (Douay) II. 1 Macc. vi. 51 He placed there..instruments to cast fyre,..and scorpions to shoote arrowes, and slings [L. fundibula].
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 74 The Kings Captains had brought with them several slings and two or three Battering-Rams.
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Cestrosphendone A sling, an engine of war to throw darts.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as sling-caster, sling-maker, sling-thrower; sling-bullet, sling-cord; † sling-bone n. Obsolete (see quot. 1730).
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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith vi. 12 Whan they drew nye vnto the mountaynes, the slynge casters came out agaynst them.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales ii. v. 39 The Captaine..commaunded the sling-casters and stone-casters to let freely at them.
1609 Bible (Douay) I. 2 Kings vii. comm. These were archers and sling-throwers of the guard.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A Sling-maker, een slinger-maker.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Ballistæ Os The Sling Bone, the same with Astragalus.
1764 J. Ferguson Lect. Select Subj. ii. 13 A pebble moved round in a sling..will fly off the moment it is set at liberty, by slipping one end of the sling-cord.
1890 Academy 2 Aug. 94/1 A small haematite weight, resembling a barrel or sling-bullet in shape.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

slingn.2

Brit. /slɪŋ/, U.S. /slɪŋ/
Forms: Middle English sleng(e, slyngg, Middle English slyng, Middle English–1500s slynge, 1600s– sling.
Etymology: Perhaps ultimately the same word as sling n.1 The senses correspond to some extent with those of Low German sling(e, German schlinge, Swedish slinga noose, knot, snare, arm-sling, etc.; also Old French eslingue (1322), Spanish eslinga, Portuguese eslinga, Romansch slinga. The immediate source of the word in English is not obvious.
1.
a. A device for securing or grasping bulky or heavy articles while being hoisted or lowered, usually a belt, rope, or chain formed into a loop and fitted with hooks and tackle (cf. quots. 1627, 1769); a loop of this kind by which heavy objects are lifted, carried, or suspended.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > sling
sling1323
parbuckle1625
butt sling1642
loop1883
1323–4 in F. R. Chapman Sacrist Rolls Ely (1907) II. 47 In slyngg emendand. 2d. Item in uno corrio equino empt. pro le Slyngg, 1s. 4d.
1410–12 in N. H. Nicolas Hist. Royal Navy (1847) II. 475 La nief appelle la carake,..un bowespret, ove ii. polyves,..ii. slenges, un trusse.
1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 37 Bote and Cokke slyngs, vij.
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j Some wounde at ye capstayne.. Some stode at ye slynge.
c1560 in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1886) 153 In the Brewehouse... A paier of slynges ijd.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 21 Slings are made of a rope spliced at either end into it selfe with one eye at either end, so long as to bee sufficient to receiue the caske..another sort are made much longer for the hoising of ordnances.
1649 Surv. Manor of Wymbledon in Archaeologia (1792) 10 401 One outward wine celler..fitted with..one payre of slinges.
1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) III. 186 The heavy Burden of a Barrel of Drink on the Slings.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Slings,..a rope whose ends are fixed in such a manner to its other part, as to encircle a cask, bale, or case, and suspend it whilst hoisting or lowering.
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Characters 56/1 Slings were then prepared, and Mrs. Harris and the child were lowered into the boat.
1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 351 When the horse is deposited in the hold, and released from the slings.
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 389/1 A sling for lifting a gun off its carriage.
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 389/2 Shot Sling, a sling for carrying heavy shot or shell.
b. A kind of harness for supporting a horse on shipboard during rough weather.
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1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 264 The use of slings is unnecessary, except for veterinary cases.
c. In mountaineering, rock climbing, etc., a short length of rope used to provide additional support for the body in abseiling or belaying.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > artificial aid > types of
runner1688
runner ring1791
ice axec1800
alpenstock1829
rope1838
climbing-iron1857
piolet1868
snap-link1875
prickera1890
middleman('s) knot (also loop, noose, etc.)1892
chock1894
glacier-rope1897
piton1898
run-out1901
belaying-pin1903
snap-ring1903
ironmongery1904
line1907
Tricouni1914
ice claw1920
peg1920
sling1920
ice piton1926
ice hammer1932
karabiner1932
rock piton1934
thread belay1935
mugger1941
running belay1941
piton hammer1943
sky-hook1951
etrier1955
pied d'éléphant1956
rope sling1957
piton runner1959
bong1960
krab1963
rurp1963
ice screw1965
nut1965
traverse line1965
jumar1966
knife-blade1968
tie-off1968
rock peg1971
whammer1971
Whillans whammer1971
Whillans harness1974
1920 G. W. Young Mountain Craft iv. 194 Not only is the single sling more likely to snap under the rub of the hard ring.
1946 J. E. Q. Barford Climbing in Brit. ii. 24 Slings. Most parties doing exposed or difficult rock climbs nowadays carry one or more slings.
1965 A. Blackshaw Mountaineering ii. vii. 204 Most British climbers carry nylon slings... The use of slings has been very highly developed by British mountaineers; mainly, no doubt, because natural running belays have come to be used much more here than elsewhere.
1976 G. Moffat Over Sea to Death v. 53 She placed her slings, clipped in her rope and, watching it fall, caught her second's eye.
2. Nautical.
a. (See quots.)
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > rope or chain by which yard is suspended
uptie1295
tie1465
tie-ropec1525
slinga1625
top-chain1698
tee1882
a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) (at cited word) There are first slings to sling casks in..; a third sorte is anie Roape or Chaine wherewith wee binde fast the yards [a]loft to the Cross Trees.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 21.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 632 Yard-slings, the rope or chain used to support a yard which does not travel up or down a mast.
b. The middle part of a yard (see quot. 1846).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > yard > middle part of
sling1689
bunt1882
1689 London Gaz. No. 2505/3 The St. Albans breaking her Fore-yard in the Slings.
1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 159 Broke our Main Topsail-Yard being rotten in the Slings.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Yard The distance between the slings and the yard-arms..is..divided into quarters.
1797 Jervis in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1845) II. 335 The Colossus..had her fore and fore-top-sail yards wounded, and they unfortunately broke in the slings.
1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. xvi. 250 The fore-yard of the Frenchman was divided in the slings.
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 286 Slings, that part of a yard encircled by the sling-hoop, which suspends it from the mast, or by which it is hoisted and lowered.
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 76 Topsail yards..are..strengthened by four battens in the slings and quarters.
c. (See quots.)
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > buoy > rope of
sling1769
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Buoy-rope Slings of the buoy, the ropes which are fastened about it, and by which it is hung.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 632 Buoy-slings are special fittings adopted in order that a buoy may securely ride on the wave.
3.
a. A leather strap attached to a rifle, etc., enabling it to be carried slung over the shoulder, or on the arm.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > gun-case or sling
bendroll1598
holster1663
sling1711
gun-casea1762
gun-sling1812
shoulder holster1895
saddle scabbard1897
scabbard1923
gun slip1977
1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) Slings are Leather Thongs, made fast to both Ends of the Musket, and serving for the Men to hang them by on their Shoulders.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) The sling consists of three straps of leather.
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. vii. 197 A short gun..with a sling to be used on a march.
1897 Army & Navy Stores List 1632 Brown Leather Golf Sling.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 124 The lance..is provided with a sling, through which the trooper passes his right arm when the lance is carried slung.
b. A strap, band, wire, etc., forming a kind of loop by which something is suspended or hung.
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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that by which something is suspended > loop
hanger1684
sling1771
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 149 The leather sling [in a coach]..cracked.
1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 348 The flask..can be then turned round in the slings..to enable it to be repaired.
1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 49 On the lower end of the palate..there is a sling of iron or metallic wire.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xvi. 262 This iron is furnished with a shoulder which carries the iron-wire sling.
c. A piece of cloth or other material, formed into a loop and suspended from the neck so as to support an injured arm (or foot).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical supports > [noun] > sling
scarf1598
mitella1661
string1718
sling1720
suspensorium1771
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 103 The Sling his Arm hung in.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. xiii. 305 He wears his arm in a sling.
1807 S. Cooper First Lines Pract. Surg. I. i. xiii. 56 The arm is to be kept perfectly quiet in a sling.
1860 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 51 He came..with his arm in a sling.
1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 681 Foot Sling, with strap for neck.
d. to have (one's) ass in a sling, etc.: (see quot. 1960); to be in trouble. Cf. ass n.2, arse. U.S. slang.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)]
tholec897
pinea1225
steada1300
endure1340
to well in woea1350
labourc1450
concernc1592
to have a good (bad, etc.) time (of it, formerly on it)1647
to have the wind in one's face1649
to be on (also at) the receiving end1909
to feel the draught1925
to have (one's) ass in a sling1960
to be in lumber1965
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > be or become dejected [verb (intransitive)]
heavyOE
fallOE
droopena1225
lourc1290
droopc1330
to abate one's countenance (also cheer)a1350
dullc1374
fainta1375
languora1375
languisha1382
afflicta1393
gloppen?a1400
weary1434
appalc1450
to have one's heart in one's boots (also shoes, heels, hose, etc.)c1450
peak1580
dumpc1585
mopea1592
sink1603
bate1607
deject1644
despond1655
alamort?1705
sadden1718
dismal1780
munge1790
mug1828
to get one's tail down1853
to have (also get) the pip1881
shadow1888
to have (one's) ass in a sling1960
1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 10/1 To have one's ass in a sling, to be or to appear to be sad, rejected, tired, or defeated.
1976 ‘B. Shelby’ Great Pebble Affair (1977) 157 I figure there's no money in it for me, but I sure as hell want Rosale's ass in the sling.
1982 S. F. X. Dean Such Pretty Toys (1983) vi. 94 Gonna get my ass in some sling if I miss that plane.
†4. A noose or snare. Obsolete.This is a prominent sense of German schlinge.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun]
grinc825
trapa1000
snarea1100
swikea1100
granea1250
springec1275
gina1300
gnarea1325
stringc1325
trebuchet1362
latch?a1366
leashc1374
snarlc1380
foot gina1382
foot-grina1382
traina1393
sinewa1400
snatcha1400
foot trapa1425
haucepyc1425
slingc1425
engine1481
swar1488
frame1509
brakea1529
fang1535
fall trap1570
spring1578
box-trapa1589
spring trapa1589
sprint1599
noosec1600
springle1602
springe1607
toil1607
plage1608
deadfall1631
puppy snatch1650
snickle1681
steel trap1735
figure (of) four1743
gun-trap1749
stamp1788
stell1801
springer1813
sprent1822
livetrap1823
snaphance1831
catch pole1838
twitch-up1841
basket-trap1866
pole trap1879
steel fall1895
tread-trap1952
conibear trap1957
conibear1958
c1425 Cast. Persev. 1208 in Macro Plays 113 Luxuria. I may soth synge: ‘Mankynde is kawt in my slynge’.
†5. ? A quantity (of match) made up in the form of a loop or skein. Obsolete.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > skein or hank
hasp1390
skeinc1440
slipping1541
hank1575
sling1644
rap1776
1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker True Relation Prosecution N. Fiennes App. 29 Two Barrells of Musket and Carabine shot, and two slings of Match for the use of the said Tower Harris.
6. technical in Pottery. (See quot. 1853.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > pottery manufacturing equipment > [noun] > knives or spatulas
tournasin1839
sling1853
1853 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 445/2 As the clay issues from the pug-mill it is cut into lengths of about 2 feet with a sling, or wire-knife, consisting of a piece of wire with two handles.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.In some cases the first element might be taken as the stem of sling v.2
sling-bolt n.
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1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 179 Toggle it with a stretcher through the aftermost of the foremost sling bolts.
sling-rope n.
Π
1325–6 in F. R. Chapman Sacrist Rolls Ely (1907) II. 59 In slyngeropis empt. 1s.
1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 91 Slyng Ropes.
sling-socket n.
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1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 222 Yron hookes, from which there hangeth a sling-socket of tow or yron.
C2.
sling-back n. used attributively and absol. to designate (a) a woman's shoe which has an open back and is held on by a strap across the heel; so sling-backed adj.; (b) a type of chair characterized by a fabric seat suspended from a rigid frame.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > with straps
Mary Jane1909
sling-back1948
T-strap1963
strappy1977
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs
farthingale chair1552
side chair1582
high chair1609
scroll chair1614
Turkey chair1683
curule chair1695
reading chair1745
rush-bottom1754
conversation-chair1793
Windsor tub1800
Trafalgar chair1808
beehive-chair1816
nursing chair1826
Hitchcockc1828
toilet seat1829
kangaroo1834
prie-dieu1838
tub-chair1839
barrel-chair1850
Cromwell chair1868
office chair1874
swivel-chair1885
steamer-chair1886
suggan chair1888
lawn chair1895
saddle seat1895
Bombay chair1896
veranda-chair1902
X chair1904
Yorkshire chair1906
three legs and a swinger1916
saddlebag1919
riempie stool1933
gaspipe chair1934
slipper chair1938
Eames chair1946
contour chair1948
sling-back1948
sling chair1957
booster chair1960
booster seat1967
beanbag1969
sack chair1970
papasan1980
Muskoka chair1987
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [adjective] > types of chair
caned1696
rush-bottomed1696
rush-bottom1729
roundabout chair1741
leather-bottomed1783
stick-back1783
poker-backed1830
flag-bottomed1840
claw-footed1858
seatless1871
cane-bottomed1877
cane-seated1881
sag-seated1890
sit-up1891
slat-back1891
sag-bottomed1893
spindle-back1896
shield-back1897
Carver1902
basket-bodied1903
panel-back1904
Cromwellian1905
hooped-back1906
saddle-backed1910
hard-arsed1933
sling-back1948
X-frame1955
hard-arse1964
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with straps or thongs
strap shoe1903
Mary Jane1909
monk strap1936
monk shoe1938
sling pump1941
sling-back1948
T-strap1963
monk1968
monk's shoe1969
1948 ‘J. Bell’ Wonderful Mrs Marriott vii. 86 A pair of toeless sling-backed wedge-heeled shoes.
1949 10 Eventful Years (Encycl. Brit.) II. 312/2 They were soft suede slippers, little leather sling-backs, ankle-high boots, and ballet slippers of all colours and materials.
1950 ‘S. Ransome’ Deadly Miss Ashley ii. 25 Neat black sling-back wedgies on small feet.
1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xxvii. 119 I was sitting on a sling-back chair looking out on the Nile.
1974 Country Life 21 Mar. 688/1 A canvas sling-back with a rope wedge sole for £5.
1976 B. Bova Multiple Man iii. 34 I walked across to the Scandinavian sling back that I usually sat in... I eased myself into the slingback chair.
1978 Vogue 1 Mar. 131 Sling-back high heels..£37.
sling-bag n. a bag with a long strap which may be hung from the shoulder.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > carried on shoulder
shoulder-bag1912
carry bag1917
tote1959
sling-bag1965
1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate vii. 218 Sturdily clutching with one thumb the shoulder strap of her sling-bag.
1976 Woman's Weekly 6 Nov. 11/1 The letter still lay in the bottom of her sling bag.
sling-cart n. Military a two-wheeled cart to which a cannon is slung in order to be transported.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] > wagon for transporting gun
panel1802
sling-cart1802
sling-wagon1802
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Ropes Drags for the gin, for the sling-cart and waggon.
1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 123 Sling Cart. This cart is used for moving heavy guns, not exceeding 65 cwt., on hard, level roads, and for 8-inch, and 10-inch mortars.
1879 Man. Siege & Garrison Artillery Exercises 510 There are two descriptions of sling carts in the service, both of wood, the one..will carry 3¼ tons; the other..56 cwt.
sling chair n. U.S. a sling-back chair (see sling-back n. (b) above).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs
farthingale chair1552
side chair1582
high chair1609
scroll chair1614
Turkey chair1683
curule chair1695
reading chair1745
rush-bottom1754
conversation-chair1793
Windsor tub1800
Trafalgar chair1808
beehive-chair1816
nursing chair1826
Hitchcockc1828
toilet seat1829
kangaroo1834
prie-dieu1838
tub-chair1839
barrel-chair1850
Cromwell chair1868
office chair1874
swivel-chair1885
steamer-chair1886
suggan chair1888
lawn chair1895
saddle seat1895
Bombay chair1896
veranda-chair1902
X chair1904
Yorkshire chair1906
three legs and a swinger1916
saddlebag1919
riempie stool1933
gaspipe chair1934
slipper chair1938
Eames chair1946
contour chair1948
sling-back1948
sling chair1957
booster chair1960
booster seat1967
beanbag1969
sack chair1970
papasan1980
Muskoka chair1987
1957 Holiday Nov. 141/1 The sling, or Hardoy, chair, a leather suspension from a rigid metal cradle, adapted from a wooden folding chair used by Italian officers in North Africa.
1978 L. Block Burglar in Closet ix. 75 Jillian..sat in a sling chair.
sling-dog n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > hook
stone-hook1396
shackle1552
swivel-hook1788
sling-dog1863
sky-hook1927
1863 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) 130 Two of this latter kind fastened together through the eyes by a rope..are called Sling-dogs.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Sling-dog, an iron hook with a fang at one end and an eye at the other for a rope. Used in pairs for hoisting, hauling, rafting, etc.
sling-hoop n. (see quots.).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > hoop suspending yard from mast
sling-hoop1846
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 286 A lower yard is hung by chains, called slings, attached to the sling-hoop and mast head.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Sling-Hoop, that which suspends the yard from the mast, by which it is hoisted and lowered.
sling-jacket n. (see quot. 1900).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > other
kirtlec893
viteroke?c1225
bleauntc1314
surcoata1330
paltock1353
courtepy1362
tunicle1377
gipona1387
juponc1400
petticoatc1425
wardecorpsc1440
placard1483
galbart1488
corsletc1500
truss1563
gippo1617
juste-au-corps1656
fore-belly1663
vest1666
justicoat1669
coat1670
amiculum1722
arba kanfot1738
slip1762
hap-warm1773
aba1792
Moldave1800
abaya1810
saya1811
tzitzit1816
cote-hardie1834
tobe1835
yelek1836
panties1845
cyclas1846
exomis1850
himation1850
jumper1853
blouse1861
peplum1866
exomion1875
confection1885
lammy1886
surquayne1887
bluey1888
fatigue-blouse1890
sling-jacket1900
top1902
sun top1934
sillapak1942
tank top1949
ao dai1961
tank1985
1900 Hardy in Sphere 21 Apr. 419/2 In those days the Hussar regiments still wore over the left shoulder that attractive attachment, or frilled half-coat, hanging loosely behind like the wounded wing of a bird, which was called the pelisse, though it was known among the troopers themselves as a ‘sling-jacket’.
1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd ii. i. 73 Will the gay sling-jacket glow again beside the muslin gown?
sling-life-buoy n. (see quot.).
Π
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 572/2 The rescuers haul off the hawser, to which is hung the travelling or sling lifebuoy.
sling-load n.
sling load n. a load which is lifted in a sling; also (with hyphen) as v. transitive.
ΘΠ
society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > load
seamc950
ladeOE
fethre?c1225
charge1297
lastc1400
load?1504
laden1514
loaden1568
burden1570
endorse1671
freight1829
sling load1933
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > taking or lifting up > with a sling > load lifted in sling
sling load1933
1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine v. 213 The cargo, chests of tea, was hoisted in slingloads of ten from the piles.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. b1/2 The union was asking for a 22-man basic work gang: extensive sling-load limitations, [etc.].
1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 8/1 The line of action of the sling load is assumed to be parallel to and not more than 38 mm..from the outer face of the corner fitting.
1969 I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam x. 176 A Chinook to sling-load our chopper back to Phuoc Vinh.
sling pump n. North American a sling-back shoe (see sling-back n. (a) above).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with straps or thongs
strap shoe1903
Mary Jane1909
monk strap1936
monk shoe1938
sling pump1941
sling-back1948
T-strap1963
monk1968
monk's shoe1969
1941 Women's Wear Daily 31 Oct. i. 13/1 The shoe which so many retailers claimed they could not sell, the sling pump, is due to make another trip, very definitely an evidence that women want them and like them.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 12 (advt.) Cool sandal sling pump with adjustable T-strap, low heel.
sling-sleeve n. a form of sleeve for mantles, etc., suggestive of a sling for the arm.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > arm > types of
poke1402
foresleeve1538
long sleeve1538
lumbard1542
puller out1543
maunch1550
hand sleeve1585
French sleeve1592
poke sleeve1592
puff1601
trunk sleeve1603
stock-sleeve1611
hoop-sleeve1614
puff sleevec1632
short sleeve1639
hanging sleeve1659
engageants1690
jockey-sleeve1692
pudding-sleeve1704
Amadis1814
gigot1824
leg of mutton1824
bishop sleeve1829
mutton-leg sleeve1830
balloon sleeve1837
gigot-sleeve1837
bag-sleeve1844
pagoda sleeve1850
mameluke sleeve1853
angel sleeve1859
elbow-sleeve1875
sling-sleeve1888
sleevelet1889
pagoda1890
bell-sleeve1892
kimono sleeve1919–20
dolman1934
1888 Bow Bells Weekly 6 Jan. 11/1 Mantles are generally seen either in the mantelet or sling-sleeve shape.
1896 Daily News 10 Oct. 6/3 Sling sleeves are to be seen,..with some fur capes and coats.
sling-wagon n. Military a wagon for the same purpose as a sling-cart.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] > wagon for transporting gun
panel1802
sling-cart1802
sling-wagon1802
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Rider A four-wheel carriage, such as the..block-carriage, and sling-waggon.
1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 664 The sling waggon is composed of a body and limber, and fitted with windlass arrangement so that guns can be slung up underneath.

Draft additions 1993

Hence, a similar device used for carrying a baby or small child.
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society > travel > transport > [noun] > carrying of children > device for
tikinagan1844
sling1856
1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) ii. i. 323 The child carried in a sling by the laden peasant woman..was quieted with picked-up grapes.
1966 C. W. Hamilton Oil Tales of Mexico ii. 15 Her infant is carried on her back in a sling made from a rebosa. At feeding time, the rebosa is hitched to the side and the baby is nursed.
1975 H. Jolly Bk. Child Care viii. 124 In developed countries, carrying a baby in a ‘papoose’ sling or attached to a frame on the back is becoming more popular as an occasional substitute for pushing him in a pram.
1983 P. Leach Parents' A to Z (1985) 581 Pushchairs tend to put their occupants at exactly the level of vehicle exhaust pipes. She may be better off if you carry her in a sling.
1988 Mother Apr. 45/1 A Mothercare sling..was marvellous and even with my bad back I found it was invaluable.
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slingn.3

Brit. /slɪŋ/, U.S. /slɪŋ/
Forms: Also 1500s slyng.
Etymology: < sling v.1
1.
a. The act of slinging, throwing, etc.; a cast, fling, or throw.The first two examples are somewhat doubtful.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > an act of
wurpc950
cast1382
sling1530
throw1530
fling1590
pick1627
heave1640
toss1660
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 271/1 Slyng of an horse, ruade.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. N.iijv And now the right hand stroks, and now the left hand sends the slinges.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 633 At one sling Of thy victorious Arm..Both Sin, and Death,..Through Chaos [were] hurld. View more context for this quotation
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas I. 58 If with wise sling the merchant fling Into the greedy sea A part to save the whole.
1854 T. De Quincey Eng. Mail Coach (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay II. 355 With one sling of his victorious arm, he might snatch thee back from ruin.
b. The swing of a gallop. Cf. sling v.1 6.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > gallop > swing of
sling1852
1852 C. J. Lever Maurice Tiernay ix He took them [sc. fences] in the ‘sling’ of his stretching gallop.
2. slang. A drink or draught; a ‘pull’. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] > a drink or draught
shenchc950
drinkc1000
draughtc1200
beveragec1390
napa1450
potation1479–81
potionc1484
slaker?1518
glut1541
pocill1572
adipson1601
go-down1614
slash1614
gulf1674
libation1751
meridian1771
sinda1774
sling1788
mahogany1791
a shove in the mouth1821
nooner1836
quencher1841
refresh1851
slackener1861
squencher1871
refreshener1888
refresher1922
maiden's blush1941
maiden's water1975
1788 J. May Jrnl. 30 Apr. (1873) (modernized text) 26 A case-bottle..filled with Hollands, of which each of us took a sling.
3. Australian. A gratuity; a bribe. Also sling back. Cf. sling v.1 9.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe
gift1382
handy-dandyc1390
pricec1400
bud1436
bribe?a1439
golden (also silver) keyc1450
fee1549
golden shower1589
oil of angels1592
sugar-plum1608
bribera1616
palm oil1625
greasinga1661
sop1665
sweetbreada1670
vail1687
douceur1739
sweetener1741
bonus1759
buckshee1773
smear-gelt1785
grease1823
boodle?1856
soap1860
ice1887
palm-grease1897
poultice1902
fix1929
dropsy1930
pay-off1930
drop1931
oil1935
squeeze-pidgin1946
sling1948
bung1958
back-hander1960
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > tip
bountethc1440
gratitude1535
vail1605
gratulance1608
gratilitya1616
spill1675
baksheesh1686
simony1707
perquisite1721
tip1755
grace1769
buckshee1773
mancia1798
bonus1834
pouch1880
gravy1910
étrenne1928
sling1948
small1962
toke1971
1948 K. S. Prichard Golden Miles viii. 92 ‘There's some hungry bastards,’ the men said, ‘making big money on their ore, never give the poor bugger boggin' for 'em a sling back.’ The sling back might be ten bob on pay~day, or no more than a few pots of beer, but was always appreciated.
1948 K. S. Prichard Golden Miles ix. 102 Sling backs to the shift boss got some men their jobs.
1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xxiv. 232 Say I take twenty per cent of the cop for myself..all the rest goes in slings.
1969 People (Austral.) 15 Jan. 21/2 It is not uncommon for a [poker] machine to go into a club with what is known in the trade as ‘a sling’..to someone or other of the ‘power men’... These ‘slings’ can range up to $300 a machine sold.
1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 31 Aug. 1450/1 The hospital..must have been quite notorious in police circles. As far as I knew, we were exceptional in refusing to pay the customary sling.
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† slingn.4

Forms: Also 1500s Scottish slung.
Etymology: variant of slang n.1, perhaps influenced by sling n.1
Obsolete.
A serpentine or culverin. Southey's use of the word in his Joan of Arc is merely an echo of Drayton (quot. 16271).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > large or long pieces
serpentinec1450
culverin1515
headstick1516
slang1521
sling1547
basilisk1549
basilc1565
Roaring Meg1575
serpitanta1578
whole culverin1577
cannon1587
whole-cannon1589
cannon pedro1625
royal mortar1761
Long Tom1812
serpent1830
twelve-incher1909
Big Bertha1914
big boy1917
Lizzie1925
1566 in J. J. Cartwright Chapters Hist. Yks. (1872) 93 Munition or ordinaunce..abord his shipp,..one saker, 2 quarter slings.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 251 Quarter fallcouns, slingis, pestelent serpitantis and doubill doggis.
1594 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 93 Twa peice of artailȝeirie, callit twa half slungis.
1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 20 Their brazen slings send in the wilde-fire balls.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiv. 66 Chambers is a charge made of brasse or iron which we vse to put in at the britch of a sling or Murtherer.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Slange, a Culvering, or a Sling.
attributive.1547 in S. R. Meyrick Crit. Inq. into Antient Armour (1824) III. 9 Slinge shotte, 20. Demi slinge shotte, 40.1644 N. Drake Jrnl. Sieges Pontefract Castle (1861) 7 During all this time there was 15 sling-peeses shott.1736 F. Drake Eboracum i. v. 162 Two sling pieces, and one small drake.
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slingn.5

Brit. /slɪŋ/, U.S. /slɪŋ/
Etymology: Of doubtful origin: compare sling n.3 2.
1. An American drink composed of brandy, rum, or other spirit, and water, sweetened and flavoured. Cf. gin sling n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > other cocktails
balderdash1611
twist1699
Coke-upon-Littleton1740
julep1787
camphor julep1788
switchel1790
sling1792
mint sling1804
mint julep1809
swizzle1813
smash1850
rattlesnake1862
sour1862
Collins1865
John Collins1865
split1882
rickey1893
Picon punch1900
stinger1901
Bronx1906
Jack Rose1912
Pimm's1912
orange blossom1919
Americano1928
Merry Widow1930
snowball1930
atomic cocktail1941
Sazarac cocktail1941
grasshopper1949
Bellini1955
saketini1959
wallbanger1970
caipirinha1973
Long Island ice tea1978
Alabama slammer1980
Long Island iced tea1981
1792 P. Freneau in National Gaz. (Philadelphia) 28 June 280/1 Rum ne'er shall meet my lips..In shape of toddy, punch, grog, sling or dram.
1807 C. W. Janson Stranger in Amer. 299 The first craving of an American in the morning is for ardent spirits mixed with sugar, mint, or some other hot herb, and which are called slings.
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. xiv. 277 You won't take a glass of sling this fine night with a countryman?
1853 H. D. Wolff Pictures Spanish Life 38 Beverages..unequalled even in Paris, or in the land flowing with sling and coblers.
1871 H. B. Stowe My Wife & I ix When the public call for hot brandy sling.
attributive.1807 J. Harriott Struggles through Life II. 110 Mr. Miles..served his customers with sling-drams, grog, or cider, himself.1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms at Liquor Slingflip.
2. The juice of the sugar cane, as obtained in the manufacture of sugar.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > syrup > [noun] > in sugar manufacture > juice of sugar cane > at specific stage of manufacture
juice1697
sling1826
melada1865
massecuite1882
1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies (1832) 65 There is so much trash, so much scum, and sling, and molasses, that my nerves have sometimes sunk under it.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xvi. 283 If..care were taken..not to spoil the preserves..by swamping them with sugar or sling.
1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 163/2 The difficulty is determining the exact moment when the boiling of the ‘sling’ in the striking-teach must cease.
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slingv.1

Brit. /slɪŋ/, U.S. /slɪŋ/
Forms: Past tense and participle slung /slʌŋ/. Forms: infinitive Middle English–1500s slynge (1500s sklynge), Middle English–1500s slyng (Middle English sclyng), Middle English– sling. past tense Middle English–1500s slong (Middle English sclong), Middle English slonge, 1600s– slung; Middle English–1700s (1800s dialect) slang, Middle English–1500s slange (Middle English slaunge); 1500s–1600s (1800s dialect) slinged. past participle Middle English slongyn, slongene, 1500s slongen; Middle English slungyn, slungin, slungen, 1600s– slung, 1800s dialect slinged.
Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse slyngva.
Etymology: probably < Old Norse slyngva (past tense slǫng, slungu, past participle slungenn) in the same sense; compare Norwegian slyngia, Danish slynge (Swedish slunga).A strong verb slingan (slang, slung-) is also found in Old High German (and Old English ?), and is represented by Middle High German (Middle) Low German, and Middle Dutch slingen (German schlingen), but usually has the sense ‘to creep, wind, twist’, etc., although the sense ‘to throw, sling’ appears in Middle High German and modern German dialects. (Kilian's ‘slinghen, funda jacere’ is not otherwise certified as a Flemish use.) Old French eslinguer, eslinder (modern Norman and Picard élinguer) is of Germanic origin, but its immediate source is not clear. A weak verb from the stem slang- is represented by Old Norse slengva, -ja (Icelandic and Norwegian slengja, Swedish slänga, Danish slænge), and by Low German slengen, German schlengen. The Old Norse form would have given early Middle English *sleng, and this would subsequently have become sling.
I. transitive.
1.
a. To strike, to bring or knock down, by means of a sling. rare.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > cast (missiles) by sling > shoot with sling or catapult
slinga1225
catapult1883
tweak1898
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > knock down > by means of a sling
slinga1225
a1225 Juliana 63 (Bodl.) Þe lutle dauið..slong & ofsloh wið a stan to deaðe þe stronge Golie.
1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. iv. 52 We are told by some..that young Children were not allow'd any Food by their Mothers, 'till they could sling it down from the Beam, where it was plac'd aloft.
b. To throw or cast (stones, etc.) by means of a sling. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > cast (missiles) by sling
slingc1315
i-slinga1400
outslinga1425
c1315 Shoreham vi. 26 Þou ert þe slinge, þy sone þe ston Þat dauy slange golye op-on.
1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. xvii. f. ccxlviii An heuy thynge it is to here of his yonge folyshe Dauyd, that hath thus..with the slynge of hys heresyes, slongen hymselfe to the deuyll.
1539 Bible (Great) 1 Sam. xvii. 49 Dauid put his hande in his bagge, and toke out a stone, and slange it.
1560 Bible (Geneva) Judges xx. 16 All these colde sling stones at an heere breadth, and not faile.
1648 Hunting of Fox 26 One of which [stones] being sling'd against the face of that uncircumciz'd Philistine, made him measure his length on the earth.
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews vi. ix, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 174 Taking one of the stones.., and fitting it to his sling, he slang it against the Philistine.
1825 W. Scott Betrothed iv, in Tales Crusaders I. 67 A hail-storm of shafts, javelins, and stones, shot, darted, and slung by the Welch.
1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth xliii The besiegers kept constantly slinging smaller stones on to the platform.
c. absol. To cast or discharge missiles by means of a sling; to use a sling. Also figurative.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge missile [verb (intransitive)] > use sling
lither?c1225
slingc1440
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 459/2 Slyngyn, fundo, fundibalo.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 721/2 I holde the a penye I slynge as farre as thou.
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. ii. xx. 31 They vexed one another, they slynged one at another, but there was none to bridle them.
1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 53 The Rhodians slinged further, than the Persians could sling.
1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth xliii The besieged slung at the tower, and struck it often.
2.
a. To throw, cast, hurl, or fling (a person or thing) in some direction or to some point. Usually const. with prepositions or adverbs Common in 14–15th cent. Now chiefly dialect or colloquial.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)]
warpc888
torvec1000
castc1230
slingc1290
forthcasta1300
throwc1300
lancec1330
hit1362
pitchc1380
slentc1380
glenta1400
launcha1400
routc1400
waltc1400
flingc1420
jeta1450
vire1487
ajet1490
hurl1563
toss1570
kest1590
picka1600
peck1611
jaculate1623
conject1625
elance1718
squail1876
tipple1887
bish1940
biff1941
slap1957
welly1986
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 355 Þat bodi..into ane diche man it drovȝ, and þare-inne man it slong.
c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 202 To þe crowe he stert..and out at dore him slong.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8930 Þar was a stank bot littel fra,..þar-in þe king tre þai slang.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxx That we shulde..take him, and sling him in our ovyn.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 721/2 And thou medell with me, I wyll slynge the in the fyre.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3217 Sum þat were slayne & slungen to ground.
a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 2 The adder all her sloughe awaye she slinges.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 196 He slingis the ansinȝie out of his hand.
1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. xii. 166 How were these great bodies slung thorough the Air from their respective Seas.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 36 The Platform of the City mounted with Brass Pieces that slung their Shot an incredible way.
1724 A. Ramsay Vision in Ever Green I. 224 Pan foryets to tune his Reid, And slings it cairless bye.
1835 D. Crockett Acct. Col. Crockett's Tour 37 When the captain told them I was [on board], they slung their hats, and gave three cheers.
1880 F. W. Burbidge Gardens of Sun xi. 209 The imp took up one of the chocolate cups..and then slung it out at the open door.
1901 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 8 215/1 A..spud, with which lumps of earth were dug up and slung at straying sheep.
figurative.a1834 C. Lamb Three Graves Rivers of blood from dripping traitors spilt, By treachery slung from poverty to guilt.1959 E. H. Clements High Tension vii. 128 He'd been slung out of the test because he'd hurt his foot.1977 W. Marshall Thin Air vi. 69 He was so bloody stupid we slung him out.
†b. To cast away. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)]
to let awaya1000
forcast?c1225
to lay downc1275
forthrow1340
flita1375
removea1382
to cast away1382
understrewc1384
castc1390
to lay awaya1400
to lay asidec1440
slingc1440
warpiss1444
to lay from, offc1480
way-put1496
depose1526
to lay apart1526
to put off1526
to set apart1530
to turn up1541
abandonate?1561
devest1566
dispatch1569
decarta1572
discard1578
to make away1580
to fling away1587
to cast off1597
doff1599
cashier1603
to set by1603
moult1604
excuss1607
retorta1616
divest1639
deposit1646
disentail1667
dismiss1675
slough1845
shed1856
jettison1869
shake1872
offload1900
junk1911
dump1919
sluff1934
bin1940
to put down1944
shitcan1973
c1440 York Myst. xxxii. 321 As touchyng his money..Þat Judas..has wauyd away,..Howe saie ȝe þerby? Anna. Sir, sen he it slang, we schall it saue.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4557 Gude men had grace, schrewes ware slongen, To drery dede doune war þai dongen.
c. Of sheep: To cast (a lamb). Cf. slink v. 3.So Low German slengen, German schlingen (see Grimm).
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (transitive)] > give birth
eanOE
yeana1387
ewe1579
lamba1642
tup1721
sling1750
1750 [implied in: tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 82 It should be wrapt in the skin of a calf, or a slung hart, and bound to the left arm. (at slung adj.1 1)].
1794 Ann. Agric. 22 225 Ewes are apt to sling their lambs.
d. absol. To strike or launch out in boxing.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (transitive)] > actions
parry1672
punish1801
pink1810
shy1812
sling1812
mug1818
weave1818
prop1846
feint1857
counter1861
cross-counter1864
slip1897
hook1898
unload1912
to beat a person to the punch1923
mitt1930
tag1938
counterpunch1964
1812 Sporting Mag. 40 174 He seems to have copied from Crib, as he slings out well with the left hand in retreating.
3. In various colloquial or slang uses.
a. To utter (words).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)]
speakc825
queatheOE
forthdoc900
i-seggenc900
sayeOE
speak971
meleOE
quidOE
spella1000
forthbringc1000
givec1175
warpa1225
mootc1225
i-schirea1250
upbringa1250
outsay?c1250
spilec1275
talec1275
wisea1300
crackc1315
nevena1325
cast1330
rehearsec1330
roundc1330
spend1362
carpa1375
sermona1382
to speak outc1384
usea1387
minc1390
pronouncea1393
lancec1400
mellc1400
nurnc1400
slingc1400
tellc1400
wordc1400
yelpc1400
worka1425
utterc1444
outspeakc1449
yielda1450
arecchec1460
roose?a1475
cutc1525
to come forth with1532
bubble1536
prolate1542
report1548
prolocute1570
bespeak1579
wield1581
upbraid1587
up with (also mid) ——1594
name1595
upbrayc1600
discoursea1616
tonguea1616
to bring out1665
voice1665
emit1753
lip1789
to out with1802
pitch1811
go1836
to open one's head1843
vocabulize1861
shoot1915
verbal1920
be1982
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 6581 But Eneas be war, he abyes The bolde wordes that [he] dede sclyng.
b. To hand round, distribute, dispense. Also in to sling hash, to wait at tables. U.S. Cf. hash slinger n. at hash n.1 Compounds 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [verb (intransitive)]
servec1275
sewc1440
pour1539
to wait on the cup, the trencher, the table1552
sewerc1553
wait1568
to wait up1654
to serve away1709
help1805
to wait (the) table1827
to sling hash1860
to be mother1934
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)]
britteneOE
to-dealeOE
dealOE
britOE
setc1275
dispensec1374
dispendc1375
to-seta1387
dispone1429
disposec1430
sparple1435
demean1439
distributea1464
distribue1477
issuec1484
communy1530
to deal out1535
impart1545
disperse1555
retail1576
digest1578
deliver1626
to hand out1648
to dispose of1676
dispensate1701
dole1701
to give out1710
sling1860
to give away1889
to pass out1926
dish1934
1860 Slang Dict. 218 Sling, to pass from one person to another.
1876 Cheyenne (Wyoming) Daily Leader 23 Nov. in N. Mumey Calamity Jane (1950) 55 Calamity Jane..now slingeth hash as a waiter in a Custer City Hotel.
1889 H. O'Reilly & J. Y. Nelson Fifty Years on Trail 7 As junior waiter..I could sling dishes around with the best of them.
1903 Daily Chron. 31 Aug. 3/4 I have a friend in Beira,..who ‘slings drinks’ in a saloon. I believe he slings them very efficiently.
1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 106 I'm going back there and ask her to marry me. I guess she won't want to sling hash any more when she sees the pile of dust I've got.
1949 Life 24 Oct. 20/2 She..slung hash for a couple of weeks.
c. to sling ink, to write articles, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > follow occupation of writer [verb (intransitive)]
writec1275
to trail a pen1680
to sling ink1870
1870 C. F. Browne Wks. 305 You ask me, sir, to sling ink for your paper.
d. to sling one's Daniel or hook, to make off, clear out. See also hook n.1 Phrases 3b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]
wendeOE
i-wite971
ashakec975
shakeOE
to go awayOE
witea1000
afareOE
agoOE
atwendOE
awayOE
to wend awayOE
awendOE
gangOE
rimeOE
flitc1175
to fare forthc1200
depart?c1225
part?c1225
partc1230
to-partc1275
biwitec1300
atwitea1325
withdrawa1325
to draw awayc1330
passc1330
to turn one's (also the) backc1330
lenda1350
begonec1370
remuea1375
voidc1374
removec1380
to long awaya1382
twinc1386
to pass one's wayc1390
trussc1390
waive1390
to pass out ofa1398
avoida1400
to pass awaya1400
to turn awaya1400
slakec1400
wagc1400
returnc1405
to be gonea1425
muck1429
packc1450
recede1450
roomc1450
to show (a person) the feetc1450
to come offc1475
to take one's licence1475
issue1484
devoidc1485
rebatea1500
walka1500
to go adieua1522
pikea1529
to go one's ways1530
retire?1543
avaunt1549
to make out1558
trudge1562
vade?1570
fly1581
leave1593
wag1594
to get off1595
to go off1600
to put off1600
shog1600
troop1600
to forsake patch1602
exit1607
hence1614
to give offa1616
to take off1657
to move off1692
to cut (also slip) the painter1699
sheera1704
to go about one's business1749
mizzle1772
to move out1792
transit1797–1803
stump it1803
to run away1809
quit1811
to clear off1816
to clear out1816
nash1819
fuff1822
to make (take) tracks (for)1824
mosey1829
slope1830
to tail out1830
to walk one's chalks1835
to take away1838
shove1844
trot1847
fade1848
evacuate1849
shag1851
to get up and get1854
to pull out1855
to cut (the) cable(s)1859
to light out1859
to pick up1872
to sling one's Daniel or hook1873
to sling (also take) one's hook1874
smoke1893
screw1896
shoot1897
voetsak1897
to tootle off1902
to ship out1908
to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909
to push off1918
to bugger off1922
biff1923
to fuck off1929
to hit, split or take the breeze1931
to jack off1931
to piss offa1935
to do a mick1937
to take a walk1937
to head off1941
to take a hike1944
moulder1945
to chuff off1947
to get lost1947
to shoot through1947
skidoo1949
to sod off1950
peel1951
bug1952
split1954
poop1961
mugger1962
frig1965
1873 J. Greenwood In Strange Company 338 [He] swore..that if we did not that instant ‘sling our Daniels’,..he would [etc.].
1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 295 Sling your hook, a polite invitation to move-on.
1897 Daily News 1 Sept. 2/2 If you don't sling yer hook this minute, here goes a pewter pot at yer head.
e. To use or relate (some form of speech) to a person; to speak or utter (language, etc.) well or fluently; to sling the bull, to talk glib nonsense (U.S.). Cf. sense 3a above.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > speak or direct words to, etc.
speakc825
mint1493
sling1874
speech1877–86
word1905
1874 E. Eggleston Circuit Rider vii. 72 He was beginning to sling his rude metaphors to the right and left.
1881 E. Lynn Linton My Love! I. xii. 220 I am awfully sorry if I slung you any slang.
1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 67 An' 'ow they would admire for to hear us sling the bat [= speak the language].
1899 B. Harte Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation 173 He jest slung yarns about his doin's thar to last the hull rainy season.
1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ xii. 232 It's funny to hear him sling that Grady talk around. I don't think he more'n half knows what it means.
1904 Strand Mag. Mar. 254/1 Maybe you think I am just slinging you a yarn.
1904 G. B. Shaw Lett. to Granville Barker (1956) 27 One of them, the stage Irishman,..might be done by, say, Neville Doone, if he can sling the dialect.
1934 T. E. Lawrence Let. 8 June (1938) 806 In such an eyewash job as this of mine, the power to sling the gab would be very helpful.
1940 A. H. Marckwardt Scribner Handbk. Eng. vii. 212 Undoubtedly the chief reason for the conversational effectiveness of many individuals is their inherent ability to sling it.
1982 Verbatim Autumn 14/2 Watch out for..the low-down curs and dirty dogs, who sling the bull and then send you on a wild goose chase.
f. (See quots.)
ΚΠ
c1890 5 Years' Penal Servitude ii. 56 ‘Slinging his hook’ is the professional term for picking pockets.
c1890 5 Years' Penal Servitude ii. 59 His ‘mate’ soon finds out who the ‘blooming screw’ is that ‘slung the smash’—i.e. brought in the tobacco.
g. To give up, abandon; also to sling in or up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)]
aswikec975
linOE
beleavec1175
forletc1175
i-swikec1175
restc1175
stutte?c1225
lina1300
blinc1314
to give overc1325
to do wayc1350
stintc1366
finisha1375
leavea1375
yleavec1380
to leave offa1382
refuse1389
ceasec1410
resigna1413
respite?a1439
relinquish1454
surcease1464
discontinue1474
unfill1486
supersede1499
desist1509
to have ado?1515
stop1525
to lay aside1530
stay1538
quata1614
to lay away1628
sist1635
quita1642
to throw up1645
to lay by1709
to come off1715
unbuckle1736
peter1753
to knock off1767
stash1794
estop1796
stow1806
cheese1811
to chuck itc1879
douse1887
nark1889
to stop off1891
stay1894
sling1902
can1906
to lay off1908
to pack in1934
to pack up1934
to turn in1938
to break down1941
to tie a can to (or on)1942
to jack in1948
to wrap it up1949
the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)]
forsakec893
forlet971
to reach upOE
agiveOE
yield?c1225
uptake1297
up-yield1297
yield1297
deliverc1300
to-yielda1375
overgivec1384
grant1390
forbeara1400
livera1400
forgoc1400
upgive1415
permit1429
quit1429
renderc1436
relinquish1479
abandonc1485
to hold up?1499
enlibertyc1500
surrender1509
cess1523
relent1528
to cast up?1529
resignate1531
uprender1551
demit1563
disclaim1567
to fling up1587
to give up1589
quittance1592
vail1593
enfeoff1598
revoke1599
to give off1613
disownc1620
succumb1632
abdicate1633
delinquish1645
discount1648
to pass away1650
to turn off1667
choke1747
to jack up1870
chuck up (the sponge)1878
chuckc1879
unget1893
sling1902
to jack in1948
punt1966
to-leave-
1902 H. Lawson Children of Bush 240 Just you sling it [i.e. drink] for a year and then look back... Sling it for good, Joe.
1910 ‘G. B. Lancaster’ Jim of Ranges ii. 48 I've slung her [sc. Queensland] up. Guv her the go, the ole jade.
1911 G. B. Shaw Shewing-up Blanco Posnet in Doctor's Dilemma 384 Stow it, Boozy. Sling it. Cut it. Cheese it. Shut up.
1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xxxii. 309 We both slung in our jobs..and went off after him.
h. Also in other colloquial uses.
ΚΠ
1876 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 142/1 ‘See here! my lively moke,’ said he, ‘you sling on too much style.’
1891 E. S. Ellis Check No. 2134 v. 35 That fellow slings a good hand [= writes well].
†4. To beat or whip (the white of an egg). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > perform general preparation processes [verb (transitive)] > whip
swingc1000
swengec1430
slingc1450
beat1486
batter1585
strokea1639
mill1662
whip1673
whisk1710
cream1889
c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 196 [Take] þe whyte of viij. eyren, & slyng hem wel.., & euer styre faste.
c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 197 [Take] .ix. whytes of eyron, & slyngge hem, & mak hem in gleyr.
II. intransitive.
5. To move with some force or speed; to fly as if thrown by a sling; to fling oneself.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > swiftly
shoota1000
flyOE
slinga1400
warp1565
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with impetuous speed
leapOE
swengec1000
swingOE
throwc1275
hurla1300
dashc1300
fling1300
stetec1330
lance?a1400
slinga1400
whirlc1400
wringc1400
dingc1450
whither1487
chop1555
to cast (also lay) one's heels in one's neck1599
clap1603
precipitate1622
teara1627
toss1727
to keep on at a score1807
whing1882
whirlwind1894
to go off full score1900
careen1923
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 5538 On þe destrer onon he slang, Als arewe of bowe forþ he sprang.
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 14252 He let his stede to him flyng Als harde as he myght slyng.
c1430 Hymns Virgin (1867) 120 Thorowe the strength off þe wynd Into the Welken hitt schall slynge.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil Descr. Liparen in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 94 From whence, with flownce furye slinging, Stoans, and burlye bulets, lyke tamponds, maynelye be towring.
1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 214 The ship, for some time, was ungovernable, and slung up in the wind.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 65 Thou corner-chair, In which I've oft slung back in deep despair.
6. To advance, walk, etc., with long or swinging strides. Chiefly Scottish or northern and Australian.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > with long steps
stridec1200
lamper1727
striddle1786
stroam1796
sling1808
stag1823
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > step well or with long strides
sling1808
step1829
1808 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang.
1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. 37 I slings aye on wi' a gay lang step.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘My horse slings away at a girt rate,’ that is, he quits the ground with apparent ease.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer vi. 48 All day they was very sulky and slinged along, and wouldn't feed.
1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 17 I saw the man slinging off into the scrub.
7. Of a millstone: To swing from side to side.
ΚΠ
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1020/1.
8. to sling off (at), to jeer (at). Australian and New Zealand colloquial.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [verb (intransitive)]
gab?c1225
scoffa1380
mockc1475
to mock and mow1509
jest1526
jeer1553
taunt1560
gibe1567
scripa1572
to come over ——1600
flirt1603
tit1622
to sling off (at)1911
signify1932
barrack-
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [verb (transitive)]
heascenc1000
gabc1225
tita1400
knackc1425
scoff1530
flout1551
taunt1560
gird1573
beflout1574
scoff1578
gibe1582
flirt1593
gleek1593
to geck at1603
to gall ata1616
jeera1616
gorea1632
jest1721
fleer1732
chi-hike1874
chip1898
chip1898
to sling off (at)1911
jive1928
sound1958
wolf1966
1911 ‘S. Rudd’ Dashwoods 24 I heard yer both slingin' off.
1916 Anzac Bk. 31 I could not understand them slinging off at 'im and 'im thinking they were treatin' 'im like as 'e was one of themselves.
1921 K. S. Prichard Black Opal xiii. 112 The rest of the men continued nevertheless to ‘sling off’, as they said, at Bully and Roy O'Mara as they saw fit.
1941 Coast to Coast 232 ‘Why was he so wild?’ ‘Aw, it was just some chaps'd been slinging off at him,’ I said.
1960 N. Hilliard Maori Girl iii. vii. 221 The pakehas think you're slinging off about them or saying something rude.
1963 J. Cantwell No Stranger to Flame v. 86 ‘Stop it,’ Barry said, flushing. ‘Stop slinging off.’
1975 M. R. Liverani Winter Sparrows ii. xv. 232 She glowered at the driver suspiciously. Was he slinging off at her?
9. To pay a bribe or gratuity. Occasionally with it. Cf. sling n.3 3. Australian.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe
meedOE
underorna1325
corrump1387
forbuy1393
hirec1400
wage1461
fee1487
under-arearc1503
bribe1528
grease1528
money1528
corrupt1548
budc1565
to feed with money1567
to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580
sweeten1594
to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598
over-bribe1619
to buy off1629
palter1641
to take off1646
buy1652
overmoneya1661
bub1684
to speak to ——1687
to tickle in the palm1694
daub1699
overbuy1710
touch1752
palm1767
to get at ——1780
fix1790
subsidize1793
sop1837
to buy over1848
backsheesh1850
nobble1856
square1859
hippodrome1866
see1867
boodleize1883
boodle1886
to get to ——1901
reach1906
straighten1923
lubricate1928
to keep (someone) sweet1939
sling1939
to pay off1942
bung1950
1939 K. Tennant Foveaux ii. 172 ‘I'm slinging it to Hamp,’ Bardy said sullenly.
1949 L. Glassop Lucky Palmer 5 Clarrie, he ain't gone off in six months. Must sling to the cops. Wonder how much he pays 'em.
1953 T. A. G. Hungerford Riverslake vi. 130 ‘Sling, Stefan!’ When the Pole looked at him uncomprehendingly Murdoch whipped a ten-pound note out of the bundle and handed it to the ring-keeper. ‘He don't know,’ he explained. ‘It's the first time he's played.’
1971 F. Hardy Outcasts of Foolgarah 56 On first name terms with every shire President so long as they didn't forget to sling when backhanders came in.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

slingv.2

Brit. /slɪŋ/, U.S. /slɪŋ/
Forms: Also 1500s slyng.
Etymology: < sling n.2
1.
a. transitive. To place in, or secure with, a sling or slings in order to admit of or facilitate hoisting or lowering; to raise up or let down by means of a sling or slings.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > lifting or hoisting equipment
to wind upc1275
windc1440
sling1522
crane1570
hoise1573
pulley1581
tackle1711
lewis1837
teagle1841
to jack up1853
windlass1870
whorl1886
luff1913
1522 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) For the dyner of iij men that holp slyng and lyft the cow that broke her legg.
a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) Sling is to make faste anie Caske, Ordnance, Yarde, or ye like in a paire of Slings.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 81 [He may] have himself [let] down..to the bottom of the Sea..and sling the Ship, and Guns.
1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 327 He..slings the Stone in two strong pack-threds, placing one towards either end of the Stone.
1803 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 93 322 The ship being in the fore-mentioned state,..I next proceeded to sling her; which was done with two nineteen-inch cables.
1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.O 3 It terminates with the usual hook and swivel for slinging the load.
b. With adverb complement.
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1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 19 Let vs..sling a man ouer-boord to stop the leake.
1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes i. i. 6 Amidst the shouts Of Mariners, and busie Care to sling His Horses soon ashore—He saw not me.
1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter III. xi. 285 The horses were slung down into stalls.
1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company xv Horse after horse was slung by main force up from the barges.
2. Nautical. To pass chains or lashings round (a sail or yard) to secure it to the mast.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > secure sail or yard with lashings, etc.
sling1626
martingale1882
gasket1892
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 6 Fore-mast men, to take in the Topsayles..Furle, and Sling the maine Saile.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 19 Sling our Main Yard, with the Chains in the Main-top.
1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole II. iii. ii. 17 The yard is slung nearly in the middle, or upon an equipoise.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 632.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2211/2 To sling the yards for action is to secure them at the slings by iron chains fitted for the purpose.
3. To hang or suspend, to fix or fasten (something) about the person in a sling or in a loose manner so as to be carried easily.Usually const. with prepositions, as across, from, or over (the shoulders or back); at, by, (up)on, to, etc. (the side, arm, etc.); about or round (the neck or person).
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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or suspend [verb (transitive)] > suspend about the person
sling1688
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > attach or affix [verb (transitive)] > by a sling
sling1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 153/1 Granadeers haue a care. Sling your musketts.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 55 The God,..with his radiant bow And his full quiver o'er his shoulder slung, Marched in his anger.
1814 S. Rogers Jacqueline i. 41 He slung his old sword by his side.
1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. v. 169 The lance is slung on the left arm.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany vi. 82 A guitar slung round her neck by a blue ribbon.
1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 725 A police constable saw the appellant..with some rabbits slung over his back.
4.
a. To hang up or suspend, esp. from one point to another; to put up (a hammock). Also in to sling one's hammock, to have a period of time off-duty to get used to a new ship. Nautical.
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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or suspend [verb (transitive)]
ahangOE
hangc1000
to hang upa1400
knagc1400
peisea1425
suspendc1440
swing1529
sling1697
uphang1748
gibbet1749
society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > practice the calling of a sailor [verb (intransitive)] > have time off duty on ship
to sling one's hammock1913
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 15 From Rivers drive the Kids, and sling your Hook.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 97 Sling him up in a Hammock, and he shall lye a whole Night.
1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 18 These Theatres were not founded in the Ground, but slung, and supported in the Air; that is, they both rested on Hinges and Pivots.
1779 Mirror No. 17 The poor little creatures sleep..in a hammock, slung up to the roof.
1824 L.-M. Hawkins Annaline II. 213 Attendants [were] slinging their grass woven hammocks.
1853 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 3) vii. 354 The platform or road-way is slung, by vertical tackles, to points equidistant from each other.
1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 506 The dock owner, supplied..an ordinary stage to be slung..outside the ship for the purpose of painting her.
1913 T. T. Jeans John Graham, Sub-Lieutenant R.N. iii. 58 There was no ‘school’ till morning, the Padré had a day off ‘to sling his hammock’.
1917 ‘Taffrail’ Sub iii. 92 ‘You'll have to-morrow to sling your hammock and to get used to the ship, youngster,’ he went on.
1946 G. Hackforth-Jones Sixteen Bells i. iv. 67 Reggie was hardly given a day to ‘sling his hammock’ before he was instructed to take over the afternoon watch.
b. sling the monkey n. a kind of game played by sailors.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > shipboard games > [noun]
dilly-dally1698
King Arthur1785
shovel-board1836
sling the monkey1838
horse-billiards1869
deck quoits1907
deck tennis1927
1838 Bentley's Misc. 3 588 But I say,..did you ever play sling the monkey?
1838 Bentley's Misc. 3 589 I'm bless'd, shipmates, if we didn't sling the monkey in fine style.
1893 C. Sloane-Stanley Reminisc. Midshipman's Life II. iii. 51 Whilst we Middies were playing sling the monkey the ship's company were diverting themselves in a variety of ways. [A full description of the game is given on page 50.]
5. technical in Pottery. (See quot. 1853.)
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > pottery-making or ceramics > make pottery [verb (transitive)] > other processes
whave1611
throw1698
slap1786
deliver1809
blungec1830
frit1832
saggar1839
sling1853
boss1860
porcelainize1863
kaolinize1874
soak1925
jigger1931
press-mould1971
1853 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 445/2 If the clay be very foul, or full of stones, it is slung; that is, as the clay issues from the pug-mill it is cut into lengths of about 2 feet with a sling, or wire-knife.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

slingv.3

Etymology: < sling n.5 1.
U.S.
intransitive. To drink or take sling.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > drink cocktails
sling1836
cocktail1887
1836–8 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 444 I ordered a pint o' the best [toddy], and so we slinged.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 632 On the American coast..the custom of slinging prevails..extensively, even where intoxication is despised.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

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