Slim"y (?), a. [Compar. Slimier (?); superl. Slimiest.] Of or
pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous;
glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding
in, slime.
Slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea.
Coleridge.
Sli"ness (?), n. See Slyness.
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.
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, slöngva, 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.