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Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (v.) imp. of Sling Slung.

2. (n.) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.

3. (n.) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.

4. (n.) Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.

5. (v. t.) To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.

6. (p. p.) of Sling


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