See also:SLING (from M. Eng. slingen, to fling, throw with a jerk, Icel. slyngva, cf. Ger. schlingen, to twist)
, an See also:implement for casting missiles, also from its resemblance in See also:form to the implement, a See also:hanging See also:loop used as a support for a wounded See also:limb, a See also:chain with hooks used for raising or lowering heavy goods or See also:objects, &c
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The See also:sling as a weapon is probably the earliest form of See also:device known to mankind by which an increase of force and range was given to the See also:arm of a thrower of missiles
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Sling stones from the See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:age have been frequently found (see ARMS AND See also:ARMOUR)
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The form of the weapon is of two kinds; the sling proper consists of a small strap or socket of See also:leather or hide to which two cords are attached; the slinger holds the two ends in one See also:hand, whirls the socket and missile rapidly See also:round the See also:head and, loosing one See also:cord sharply, despatches the missile; the other type is the See also:staff sling, in which the sling itself is attached to a See also:short staff, held in both hands
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This was used for heavier missiles especially in See also:siege operations during the See also:middle ages
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There are many references to slings and to slingers in the See also:Bible; the See also:left-handed slingers of See also:Benjamin were famous (See also:Judges xx.16)
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The See also:Assyrian monuments show the sling of the See also:ordinary type and slingers were used in the See also:ancient See also:Egyptian See also:army, but not before the 8th See also:century B.C
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The sling (Gr. vrPevS6vl7, See also:Lat. funda) is not mentioned in See also:Homer; See also:Herodotus (vii
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158) speaks of the slingers in the army offered by Gelon to serve against the Persians; it seems to have been a weapon chiefly used by See also:barbarian troops
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The Acarnanians, however, were See also:expert slingers (Thuc. ii
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81), and so also were the See also:Achaeans, who later invented the sling which discharged a See also:shaft with an See also:iron See also:bolt head (See also:Livy xlii
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65, from See also:Polybius)
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In the See also:Roman army by the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the Punic See also:Wars the slingers (funditores) were auxiliaries from See also:Greece, See also:Syria and See also:Africa
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The Balearic islanders, who were in See also:Hannibal's army, were always famous as slingers
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In See also:medieval times the sling was much used in the Frankish army, especially in defending trenches, while the staff-sling was used against fortifications
See also:chief See also:industries, and there is an important See also:butter-See also:market
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Monthly fairs are held
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See also:Sligo is a centre of, See also:salmon and See also:sea-fishing industries
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The Dominican See also:Abbey, founded in 1252 by See also:Maurice See also:Fitzgerald, See also:Lord-See also:Justice, is one of the finest monastic ruins in See also:Ireland
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It was partly destroyed by See also:fire in 1414 and again in 1642
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Three sides of the cloisters remain, and the lofty quadrangular See also:tower at the junction of the See also:nave and See also:chancel is entire
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The See also:east window is of the date of the See also:original structure
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The See also:principal See also:modern See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church is the Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral (1869) for the See also:diocese of Elphin in the See also:Norman See also:style with a finely sculptured See also:doorway
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There is also a Roman Catholic See also:college
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A See also:castle was built at Sligo by Maurice Fitzgerald in 1242, which in 1270 was taken and destroyed by O'Donnel; in 1310 it was rebuilt by See also:Richard, See also:earl of See also:Ulster, and was again partly destroyed in 1369 and 1394
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Of this and the walls with which the See also:town was fortified there are no remains
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See also:Early in the reign of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. the town received a market and two See also:annual fairs; in 1613 it was incorporated and received the privileges of a See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough; and in 1621 it received a See also:charter of the See also:staple
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In 1641 it was besieged by the See also:Parliamentary forces under See also:Sir See also:Charles See also:Coote, but was afterwards evacuated, and occupied by the Royalists till the termination of the See also:war
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In ,688 it declared in favour of James II., and, after being captured by the Enniskilleners, was retaken by See also:General See also:Sarsfield, but ultimately surrendered to the earl of Granard
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The borough was disfranchised in 1870
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Under the See also:Local See also:Government (Ireland) See also:Act, 1898 it retains its See also:mayor and See also:corporation, but the latter has practically the status of an See also:urban See also:district See also:council
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in the e4th century
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They were used down to the 16th and 17th centuries to throw grenades
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