During the summer the youths exercised themselves in leaping, archery, wrestling, stone-throwing, slinging javelins, and fighting with bucklers.

" Stafford took his basket from his shoulder and made a pretence of slinging it at Howard's head; then tossed it to the landlord, who stood by, smiling obsequiously.

Faith, and I am founderd with slinging to and fro with Chesnuts, Hazel-nuts, Bullaze and wildings for presents from my maister to the faire shepheardesse.

Still, discretion is a wise thing and word-slinging is undoubtedly a form of art much used in high scholastic circles.

"The palm makes an excellent hat-rack," said Scott, slinging his revolver and his water-bottle over the little upward-pointing pegs which bristle from the trunk.

We carefully laid them outside for the squirrels; then, slinging our knapsacks, we took a last look round the little place, and locked the door.

So, slinging my guitar in front of me, I put it in tune, and Jack ties his bundle to his back that he may try his hand at the tambourine.

A vast number of the best men were in the hold stowing-away the rum-casks: they must all have perished, and so must many of the men who were slinging the casks in the sloop.

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On we went, working like maniacs, slinging barrels, cheeses, and boxes pell-mell into the middle of the room.

Spear-throwing and stone-slinging at targets were both fun and preparation for war, for in the battles the slingers took the van.

This he filled with powder, and then, slinging it over his shoulder, he carried it out to the clump of bushes and placed it at the base of the sapling, cutting a strip out of the bark immediately above the spot.

Can I count on you after the mud-slinging begins?" Hildreth reflected further, disregarding the foreman's reproachful calls for copy.

growled Jakapa, and slinging his snowshoes over his arm, he stamped out.

" He folded his map, put it in his pocket and rose, slinging his knapsack across his shoulder and offering her a hand to rise.

Sling, slung, slinging, slung.

The awful roar of the firing to the right deafened him; he caught a glimpse of squadrons of regular cavalry in the road, slinging carbines and drawing sabres; a muffled blast of bugles reached his ears; and the nest moment he was trotting out into the smoke.

So successful are his cures that Radha also is tempted to consult the new doctor and sends a maid to call him, Krishna comes but before entering adopts a wild disguiseputting his clothes on inside out, matting his hair with mud, and slinging a bag of roots and plants over his shoulder.

"The younkers are the young men called fore-mast men, to take in the top-sailes, or top and yard, for furling the sailes, or slinging the yards, bousing or trising, and take their turnes at helme.

The men became exhausted backing away or slinging away at each other.

Jest fancy me slinging my 'ook For old Turmutshire, going out nuttin', or bobbing for fish in a brook!

At Crater Lake the pack-train went into camp, and Churchill, slinging the grip on his back, started the steep climb for the summit.

Time and custom have tamed him so that he lets horses, bicycles, and carriages pass; he can't quite help slinging a stone at an advertising van or any strange vehicle, while the automobile is altogether too much.

not I," said the student, shouldering his camp-stool as if it were a musket, and slinging his portfolio by a strap across his back; "therefore, I am all the more obliged to you for the information.

And at last he allowed me to get an arm-chair rigged with a couple of poles for bearers, and placed himself in itnot before he had taken the precaution of slinging a bottle of pale ale to either pole of his equipage.