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Definition of Spunge
1. n. A sponge.
Definition of Spunge
1. Noun. (obsolete) a sponge. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) to sponge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spunge
1. a sponge [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spunge
Literary usage of Spunge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... are therefore to be preferred), wet them on both sides with a soft spunge
dipped in water, and paste them together with the size (No. 2). ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"To spunge a gun is to clean it out with the spunge. SPRUCE. ... spunge. (For the
substance so called, see Appendix, ..."
3. A Naval and Military Technical Dictionary of the French Language: In Two by Robert Burn (1870)
"... va to spunge ; sweep with a scovel; malkin; — le feu, to sprinkle a forge-fire
with water to make the coals cake and prevent the escape of the flame. ..."
4. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1883)
"be paid for by the towne of Marblehead, one ladle, on[c] spunge, two formers the
price thereof 7s a witness my hand ROBERT KNIGHT. ..."
5. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1883)
"be paid for by the towne of Marblehead, one ladle, on[e] spunge, two formers the
price thereof 7s a witness my hand , EGBERT KNIGHT. ..."
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