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Definition of sponge

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Sponge (v. t.) To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth..

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Spongilla :: Spongiform (a.) Resembling a sponge; soft and porous; porous.

Embrocate :: Embrocate (v. t.) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge..

Dispunge :: Dispunge (v. t.) See Disponge.

Sexradiate :: Sexradiate (a.) Having six rays; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. of Spicule.

Sponge :: Sponge (n.) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven..

Porifera :: Porifera (n. pl.) A grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; -- called also Spongiae, Spongida, and Spongiozoa. The principal divisions are Calcispongiae, Keratosa or Fibrospongiae, and Silicea..

Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.

Sponged :: Sponge (n.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel..

Sponge :: Sponge (n.) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked..

Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above..

Trichite :: Trichite (n.) A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges..

Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast..

Spongiole :: Sponging () a. & n. from Sponge, v..

Spongeous :: Spongelet (n.) See Spongiole.

Loof :: Loof (n.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.

Spiculispongiae :: Spiculispongiae (n. pl.) A division of sponges including those which have independent siliceous spicules.

Spongelet :: Sponge (v. i.) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven..

Palpocil :: Palpocil (n.) A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges.

Spongoid :: Spongoblast (n.) One of the cells which, in sponges, secrete the spongin, or the material of the horny fibers..

Badiaga :: Badiaga (n.) A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises..