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▪ I. sponging, vbl. n. (ˈspʌndʒɪŋ) [f. sponge v. or n.1] 1. The action of washing or wiping with a sponge.1575 in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 254 The Charges of this Office grew by meanes of..Brusshing, Spunging,..putting in order..of the garmentes, Vestures [etc.]. 1593 Nahse Christ's T. Wks....
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Sponging
Sponging may refer to:
Begging
Sponge diving
Tool use of sponges by bottlenose dolphins in Australia; see Cultural hitchhiking#In dolphins / Sponging
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sponging
spongingn (usu sing 通常作单数) = sponge n 4 give a child's face a good sponging 用海绵给孩子好好洗洗脸.
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Sponging-house
The sheriff sent his bailiffs or tipstaffs to arrest the debtor and to take him to the local sponging-house. Sponging-houses had a terrible reputation.
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sponging-house
sponging-house Also 7–9 spunging-. [f. sponging vbl. n. (in the sense of sponge v. 8 c).] A house kept by a bailiff or sheriff's officer, formerly in regular use as a place of preliminary confinement for debtors.α a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Spunging-house, a By⁓prison. 1722 De Foe Moll Flanders ...
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Sponge tax
The state estate tax gets its name because the state is "sponging" off the federal tax.
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inspunge
inspunge, v. nonce-wd. (ɪnˈspʌndʒ) [f. in-1 or in-2 + spunge, sponge v.] trans. To confine in a sponging-house.1837 Thackeray Ravenswing v, On finding himself inspunged for debt in Chancery Lane.
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Matross
The duty of a matross was to assist the gunners in loading, firing and sponging the guns.
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Eric Mackay
George Eric Mackay (1835–2 June 1898) was an English minor poet, now remembered as the sponging half-brother of Marie Corelli, the best-selling novelist
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anhidrotic
anhidrotic, a. and n. Med. (ænhɪˈdrɒtɪk) [f. Gr. ἀν not + ἱδρωτικ-ός sudorific, f. ἱδρώς sweat.] A. adj. Tending to check perspiration. B. n. A medicinal agent of this nature.1880 Syd. Soc. Lex., Anhidrotics..sponging the surface of the body with cold mineral or vegetable acids..internal administrat...
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Anclote River
Anclote River is home to the sponging and fishing industries of Tarpon Springs (including a large shrimp industry).
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John K. Cheyney
His efforts as a land developer seeking establish Tarpon as a sponging center failed for nine years until the Spanish–American War caused boats from Key
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Liberiblattinidae
Spongistoma is suggested to be a nectarivore due to its unique sucking/sponging "proboscis" mouthparts.
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Martello Gallery-Key West Art and Historical Museum
Displays include early settlement, sponging and fishing, Cuban influence, military involvement, writers and other characters.
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Greek Bahamians
Most residents, if not the entire Greek community, are the descendants of Greek labourers who came to the Bahamas in 1880s to develop the sponging industry Some also migrated onwards, going to Tarpon Springs, Florida, to develop the sponging trade there.
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