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- English Word Spondyl Definition Alt. of Spondyle
- English Word Spondyle Definition A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.
- English Word Spong Definition An irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field.
- English Word Sponge Definition Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
- English Word Sponge Definition 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.
- English Word Sponge Definition One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
- English Word Sponge Definition Any spongelike substance.
- English Word Sponge Definition 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.
- English Word Sponge Definition Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
- English Word Sponge Definition Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
- English Word Sponge Definition 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.
- English Word Sponge Definition The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.
- English Word Sponge Definition To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.
- English Word Sponge Definition To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
- English Word Sponge Definition Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.
- English Word Sponge Definition Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast.
- English Word Sponge Definition To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.
- English Word Sponge Definition Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor.
- English Word Sponge Definition To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven.
- English Word Sponged Definition of Sponge
- English Word Spongelet Definition See Spongiole.
- English Word Spongeous Definition Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of sponge.
- English Word Sponger Definition One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
- English Word Sponger Definition One employed in gathering sponges.
- English Word Sponger Definition Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.
- English Word Spongiae Definition The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; -- called also Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, and Porifera.
- English Word Spongida Definition Spongiae.
- English Word Spongiform Definition Resembling a sponge; soft and porous; porous.
- English Word Spongilla Definition A genus of siliceous spongea found in fresh water.
- English Word Spongin Definition The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and glycocoll.