4. (Naut) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to
attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
Sling, n. [Cf. G. schlingen to swallow.] A drink composed of spirit
(usually gin) and water sweetened.
Sling"er (?), n. One who slings, or uses a sling.
Slink (?), v. t. [imp. Slunk (?), Archaic Slank (&?;); p. p. Slunk; p.
pr. & vb. n. Slinking.] [AS. slincan; probably akin to G. schleichen,
E. sleek. See Sleek, a.] 1. To creep away meanly; to steal away; to
sneak. "To slink away and hide." Tale of Beryn.
Back to the thicket slunk The guilty serpent.
Milton.
There were some few who slank obliquely from them as they passed.
Landor.