Sponge
Definition of Sponge
Pronunciation: spŭnjd n. | 1. | (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiæ, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiæ. | | 2. | The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiæ (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. | | 3. | One who lives upon others; a pertinacious and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger. | | 4. | Any spongelike substance. | | 5. | (Gun.) 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. | | 6. | (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.Platinum sponge | (Chem.) See under Platinum. |
Vegetable sponge | (Bot.) See Loof. - Lowell. |
| v. t. | 1. | To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth. | | 2. | To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of. | | 3. | Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition. | | 4. | Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast. | v. i. | 1. | To suck in, or imbibe, as a sponge. | | 2. | Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor. | | 3. | To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven. |
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