sling-stonen.

Forms: Also slingstone, sling stone; ScottishMiddle English slong stane, 1700s slung stane.

Etymology: sling n.¹ Compare older German slingen-, schlingstein, Old Norse slǫngusteinn, Middle Swedish slyngo-, slongasten (Swedish slungsten), older Danish slynge-, slingesten.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsling-stone.

1. A stone or pebble used as a missile to be cast by a sling.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > missile discharged from weapon > from sling

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c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Corpus MS.) ii. 941 Who hath ben wel Ibete To-day with swerdes and with slyng stones [v.r. slynke stones].

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 608 Risidus, a slyngeston.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 159 Dauid..vencust that grete Golyas with..his slong and his slong stanis.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Zech. ix. 15 They shall consume and deuoure, and subdue them with slynge stones.

1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 303 The sling-stones were to him and his like Hornets.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 78 Tho' I'm amo' you cast like a slung stane, I was like ither fouk at hame ye ken.

1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times iii. 76 That some have really served as slingstones seems to be indicated by their presence in the Peatmosses.

1866 S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 22 Several round pebbles or slingstones about the size of an apple.

2. A stone used as an anchor; a killick.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > a stone used as an anchor

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1865 J. 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sling-stone
释义	sling-stonen. Forms: Also slingstone, sling stone; ScottishMiddle English slong stane, 1700s slung stane. Etymology: sling n.¹ Compare older German slingen-, schlingstein, Old Norse slǫngusteinn, Middle Swedish slyngo-, slongasten (Swedish slungsten), older Danish slynge-, slingesten.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsling-stone. 1. A stone or pebble used as a missile to be cast by a sling. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > missile discharged from weapon > from sling sling-stonec1374 bullet1587 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Corpus MS.) ii. 941 Who hath ben wel Ibete To-day with swerdes and with slyng stones [v.r. slynke stones]. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 608 Risidus, a slyngeston. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 159 Dauid..vencust that grete Golyas with..his slong and his slong stanis. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Zech. ix. 15 They shall consume and deuoure, and subdue them with slynge stones. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 303 The sling-stones were to him and his like Hornets. View more context for this quotation 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 78 Tho' I'm amo' you cast like a slung stane, I was like ither fouk at hame ye ken. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times iii. 76 That some have really served as slingstones seems to be indicated by their presence in the Peatmosses. 1866 S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 22 Several round pebbles or slingstones about the size of an apple. 2. A stone used as an anchor; a killick. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > a stone used as an anchor killick1630 anchoring stone1838 sling-stone1865 1865 J. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1374
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