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ˈsling-stone
Also slingstone, sling stone; Sc. 5 slong, 8 slung stane.
[sling n.1 Cf. older G. slingen-, schlingstein, ON. slǫngusteinn, MSw. slyngo-, slongasten (Sw. slungsten), older Da. slynge-, slingesten.]
1. A stone or pebble used as a missile to be cast by a sling.
c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 941 (Corpus MS.), Who hath ben wel Ibete To-day with swerdes and with slyng stones [v.r. slynke stones]. 14..Lat.-Eng. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 608 Risidus, a slyngeston. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 169 David..vencust that grete Goulyas, with..his slong and his slong stanis. 1535Coverdale Zech. ix. 15 They shall consume and deuoure, and subdue them with slynge stones. 1682Bunyan Holy War (1905) 373 The sling-stones were to him and his like Hornets. 1768Ross Helenore 78 Tho' I'm amo' you cast like a slung stane, I was like ither fouk at hame ye ken. 1865Lubbock Prehist. Times 76 That some have really served as slingstones seems to be indicated by their presence in the peatmosses. 1866Laing Prehist. Rem. Caithn. 22 Several round pebbles or slingstones about the size of an apple.
2. A stone used as an anchor; a killick.
1865J. C. Wilcocks Sea-Fisherman 117 A stone for mooring is termed a sling stone or killick, and should be attached to a piece of half-worn rope. |