A drink composed of equal parts of rum and water sweetened.--Rush.
·vt To throw with a sling. II. Sling ·vt To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack. III. Sling ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
With a sling and a stone David smote the Philistine giant (1 Sam. 17:40, 49). There were 700 Benjami...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
[Arms, Armor] ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
To pass the top-chains round the yards when going into action. Also, to set any large article, in ro...
The Sailor's Word-Book
In timber lifting, a dog is an iron implement with a fang at one end, and an eye at the other, in wh...
That which suspends the yard from the mast, by which it is hoisted and lowered. ...