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n.
One employed in gathering sponges.
n.
One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
n.
One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
v. i.
Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor.
imp. & p. p.
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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.
a.
Having four branches diverging at right angles; -- said of certain spicules of sponges.
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Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of 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.
n.
Any species of sponge of the division Tetractinellida. Also used adjectively.
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A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.
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Any one of numerous species of siliceous fossil sponges belonging to Ventriculites and allied genera, characteristic of the Cretaceous period.
v. i.
To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.
v. t.
To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
v. t.
Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast.
a.
Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.
n.
The body cavity of a sponge.
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A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.
n.
A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; -- called also vinegarette.
n.
Any spongelike substance.
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