Sponge

spunj, n. A compound gelatinous protozoan, of several species, having a horny, flinty, or bony skeleton, found adhering to rocks, shells, etc., under water: its fibrous framework prepared for use in art, surgery, etc.: it is soft, porous, elastic, and readily imbibes or parts of spuuDe. with large quantities fluid; one who lives upon others; a sponger; anv sponge - like substance; esp., dough before it is kneaded and formed, and while being converted into a light, spongy ma by the agency of the yeast or leaven. (Gun.) An instrument for cleaning" cannon after a discharge. — v. t. [sponged (spunjd), SPONGING.] To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; to Wipe out with a sponge, efface, destroy all trace of. — v. i. To suck in or imbibe, as a sponge; to gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; to be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy ma by the agency of yeast or leaven. — Spong'er, n. One who uses a sponge; a parasitical dependent; hanger-on. — Spon'gy, -jt, a. Soft and full of cavities; wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like a sponge; having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge. — Spon'ging-house, n. A bailiff's house to put debtors in before Deing taken to jail, or until they compromise with their creditors.