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Definition of Sponge on
1. Verb. Apply with a sponge. "The painter sponged on his washes"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sponge On
Literary usage of Sponge on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Second Epistle of St. Paul to by Alfred Plummer (1915)
"His opponents did 'sponge' on the Corinthians; he must absolutely refuse to do so.
The Revisers rightly omit vfj.aiv from their Greek text, but do not put ..."
2. God & the Bible: A Review of the Objections to 'Literature & Dogma' by Matthew Arnold (1883)
"The truth is, on these topics of Jewish doings and ceremonies, our Greek editor
is rather in a haze. Thus he talks of putting a sponge on ..."
3. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1827)
"... and having a collection of water in the sponge on the descending side, while
the sponge on the ascending side is continually dry ; and if this cylinder ..."
4. British Farmer's Magazine (1854)
"He uses 'very minute philosophical reasoning, and illustrates draining of land
by observing the absorption of water by the sponge on a shaving table ..."
5. Details of Military Medical Administration by Joseph Herbert Ford (1918)
"Now rub the sponge on the harness soap until you obtain a good lather, then give the
... Be sure to wet the canvas with a sponge on the under side before ..."
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