Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SLING, v.t. [pret. and pp. slung. Sax. slingan; D. slingeren; Sw. slinka, to dangle; Dan. slingrer, to reel. The primary sense seems to be to swing.]

1. To throw with a sling.
2. To throw; to hurl. Addison.
3. To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.
4. To move or swing by a rope which suspends the thing.