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- Sponge - n. - Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
- Sponge - n. - The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
- Sponge - n. - One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
- Sponge - n. - Any spongelike substance.
- 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.
- Sponge - n. - Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
- Sponge - n. - Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
- Sponge - n. - A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
- Sponge - n. - The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.
- 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.
- Sponge - v. t. - To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
- Sponge - v. t. - Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.
- Sponge - v. t. - Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast.
- Sponge - v. i. - To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.
- Sponge - v. i. - Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor.
- Sponge - v. i. - To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven.
- Sponged - imp. & p. p. - of Sponge
- Spongelet - n. - See Spongiole.
- Spongeous - a. - Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of sponge.
- Sponger - n. - One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
- Sponger - n. - One employed in gathering sponges.
- Sponger - n. - Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.
- Spongiopilin - n. - A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistend with hot water it is used as a poultice.
- Spongin - n. - The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and glycocoll.
- Scepterellate - a. - Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.
- Tent - n. - A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
- Foment - v. t. - To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
- Soak - v. t. - To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
- Sponge - v. t. - Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast.
- Probang - n. - A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc.
- Imbibe - v. t. - To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.
- Malkin - n. - A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.
- 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.
- Tetractinellid - n. - Any species of sponge of the division Tetractinellida. Also used adjectively.
- Sexradiate - a. - Having six rays; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. of Spicule.
- Absorb - v. t. - To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
- Suberite - n. - Any sponge of the genus Suberites and allied genera. These sponges have a fine and compact texture, and contain minute siliceous spicules.
- Hardhead - n. - A coarse American commercial sponge (Spongia dura).
- 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.
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- G4691 σπερμολόγος - 4691 σπερμολόγος - ΣΠΕΡΜΟΛΌΓΟΣ - - spermológos - sper-mol-og'-os - from σπέρμα and λέγω; a seed-picker (as the crow), i.e. (figuratively) a sponger, loafer (specially, a gossip or trifler in talk):--babbler. - Adjective - greek
- G4699 σπόγγος - 4699 σπόγγος - ΣΠΌΓΓΟΣ - - spóngos - spong'-gos - perhaps of foreign origin; a "sponge":--spunge. - Noun Masculine - greek
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- Matthew 40 27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
ΚΑΊ ΕὐΘΈΩΣ ΕἿΣ ἘΚ ΑὐΤΌΣ ΤΡΈΧΩ ΚΑΊ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ ΣΠΌΓΓΟΣ ΤΈ ΠΛΉΘΩ ὌΞΟΣ ΚΑΊ ΠΕΡΙΤΊΘΗΜΙ ΚΆΛΑΜΟΣ ΠΟΤΊΖΩ ΑὐΤΌΣ ΠΟΤΊΖΩ - John 43 19:29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
ΟὖΝ ΚΕῖΜΑΙ ΣΚΕῦΟΣ ΜΕΣΤΌΣ ὌΞΟΣ ΔΈ ΠΛΉΘΩ ΣΠΌΓΓΟΣ ὌΞΟΣ ΚΑΊ ΠΕΡΙΤΊΘΗΜΙ ὝΣΣΩΠΟΣ ΠΡΟΣΦΈΡΩ ΑὐΤΌΣ ΣΤΌΜΑ - Mark 41 15:36 And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
ΔΈ ΕἿΣ ΤΡΈΧΩ ΚΑΊ ΓΕΜΊΖΩ ΣΠΌΓΓΟΣ ΓΕΜΊΖΩ ὌΞΟΣ ΤΈ ΠΕΡΙΤΊΘΗΜΙ ΚΆΛΑΜΟΣ ΠΟΤΊΖΩ ΑὐΤΌΣ ΠΟΤΊΖΩ ΛΈΓΩ ἈΦΊΗΜΙ ΕἼΔΩ ΕἸ ἩΛΊΑΣ ἜΡΧΟΜΑΙ ΚΑΘΑΙΡΈΩ ΑὐΤΌΣ ΚΑΘΑΙΡΈΩ