| slovo | definícia |
spun
(mass) | spun
- spin/spun/spun |
spun
(encz) | spun,předený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spun
(encz) | spun,spin/spun/spun v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
spun
(encz) | spun,stáčený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Spun
(gcide) | Spun \Spun\ (sp[u^]n),
imp. & p. p. of Spin.
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Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage,
as on a military expedition.
Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss, or
short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in
distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon.
It is often mixed with cotton.
Spun yarn (Naut.), a line formed of two or more rope-yarns
loosely twisted.
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Spun
(gcide) | Spin \Spin\ (sp[i^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spun(Archaic imp.
Span); p. pr. & vb. n. Spinning.] [AS. spinnan; akin to
D. & G. spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth.
spinnan, and probably to E. span. [root]170. Cf. Span, v.
t., Spider.]
1. To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or
machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin
goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a
fibrous material.
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All the yarn she [Penelope] spun in Ulysses' absence
did but fill Ithaca full of moths. --Shak.
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2. To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by
degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to
spin out large volumes on a subject.
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Do you mean that story is tediously spun out?
--Sheridan.
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3. To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day
in idleness.
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By one delay after another they spin out their whole
lives. --L'Estrange.
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4. To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to
spin a top.
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5. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads
produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid,
which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said
of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
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6. (Mech.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow
form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it
with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal
revolves, as in a lathe.
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To spin a yarn (Naut.), to tell a story, esp. a long or
fabulous tale.
To spin hay (Mil.), to twist it into ropes for convenient
carriage on an expedition.
To spin street yarn, to gad about gossiping. [Collog.]
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
homespun
(mass) | homespun
- úprimný |
spanorspun
(mass) | spanorspun
- spin |
spun
(mass) | spun
- spin/spun/spun |
spunky
(mass) | spunky
- odvážny |
spin/spun/spun
(msas) | spin/spun/spun
- spin, spun |
spin/spun/spun
(msasasci) | spin/spun/spun
- spin, spun |
finespun
(encz) | finespun,jemně předený Zdeněk Brožfinespun,pedantský adj: Zdeněk Brožfinespun,úzkostlivě přesný Zdeněk Brož |
homespun
(encz) | homespun,podomácku předená textilie n: Jiří Dadák |
homespun fabric
(encz) | homespun fabric, n: |
spun
(encz) | spun,předený adj: Zdeněk Brožspun,spin/spun/spun v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladspun,stáčený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spun sugar
(encz) | spun sugar, n: |
spun yarn
(encz) | spun yarn, n: |
spunk
(encz) | spunk,odvaha n: Zdeněk Brož |
spunky
(encz) | spunky,kurážný adj: Zdeněk Brožspunky,odvážný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spin/spun/spun
(czen) | spin/spun/spun,spinv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladspin/spun/spun,spunv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Dispunct
(gcide) | Dispunct \Dis*punct"\, a.
Wanting in punctilious respect; discourteous. [Obs.]
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That were dispunct to the ladies. --B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]Dispunct \Dis*punct"\, v. t. [See 1st Dispunge.]
To expunge. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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Dispunge
(gcide) | Dispunge \Dis*punge"\, v. t.
See Disponge. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Dispunge \Dis*punge"\, v. t. [L. dispungere to prick apart, i.
e., check off the debts and credits of an account; dis- +
pungere to prick.]
To expunge; to erase. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Disponge \Dis*ponge"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + sponge.]
To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. [Poetic & Rare]
[Written also dispunge.]
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O sovereign mistress of true melancholy,
The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me. --Shak.
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dispunge
(gcide) | Dispunge \Dis*punge"\, v. t.
See Disponge. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Dispunge \Dis*punge"\, v. t. [L. dispungere to prick apart, i.
e., check off the debts and credits of an account; dis- +
pungere to prick.]
To expunge; to erase. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Disponge \Dis*ponge"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + sponge.]
To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. [Poetic & Rare]
[Written also dispunge.]
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O sovereign mistress of true melancholy,
The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me. --Shak.
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Dispunishable
(gcide) | Dispunishable \Dis*pun"ish*a*ble\, a.
Without penal restraint; not punishable. [R.] --Swift.
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Finespun
(gcide) | Finespun \Fine"spun`\, a.
Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated;
hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.
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Hardspun
(gcide) | Hardspun \Hard"spun`\, a.
Firmly twisted in spinning.
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Homespun
(gcide) | Homespun \Home"spun\, a.
1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse;
plain. "Homespun country garbs." --W. Irving.
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2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. "Our
homespun English proverb." --Dryden. "Our homespun
authors." --Addison.
[1913 Webster]Homespun \Home"spun\, n.
1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.
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2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Longspun
(gcide) | Longspun \Long"spun`\, a.
Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded;
tedious.
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The longspun allegories fulsome grow,
While the dull moral lies too plain below. --Addison.
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Mispunctuate
(gcide) | Mispunctuate \Mis*punc"tu*ate\ (?; 135), v. t.
To punctuate wrongly or incorrectly.
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Spun glass
(gcide) | Glass \Glass\ (gl[.a]s), n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[ae]s; akin
to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf.
AS. gl[ae]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. Glare, n., Glaze, v.
t.]
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1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent
substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture,
and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime,
potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes
and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for
lenses, and various articles of ornament.
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Note: Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides;
thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous),
red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium,
yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown;
gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium,
emerald green; antimony, yellow.
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2. (Chem.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance,
and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.
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3. Anything made of glass. Especially:
(a) A looking-glass; a mirror.
(b) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time;
an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a
vessel is exhausted of its sand.
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She would not live
The running of one glass. --Shak.
(c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the
contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous
liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner.
(d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the
plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears
glasses.
(e) A weatherglass; a barometer.
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Note: Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as,
glass maker, or glassmaker; glass making or
glassmaking; glass blower or glassblower, etc.
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Bohemian glass, Cut glass, etc. See under Bohemian,
Cut, etc.
Crown glass, a variety of glass, used for making the finest
plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of
silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of
lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of
crown glass; -- so called from a crownlike shape given it
in the process of blowing.
Crystal glass, or Flint glass. See Flint glass, in the
Vocabulary.
Cylinder glass, sheet glass made by blowing the glass in
the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally,
opened out, and flattened.
Glass of antimony, a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with
sulphide.
Glass cloth, a woven fabric formed of glass fibers.
Glass coach, a coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for
the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; -- so
called because originally private carriages alone had
glass windows. [Eng.] --Smart.
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Glass coaches are [allowed in English parks from
which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this
term, which is never used in America, hired
carriages that do not go on stands. --J. F.
Cooper.
Glass cutter.
(a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window
panes, ets.
(b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and
polishing.
(c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for
cutting glass.
Glass cutting.
(a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of
glass into panes with a diamond.
(b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by
appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand,
emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied;
especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth
ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental
scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved.
Glass metal, the fused material for making glass.
Glass painting, the art or process of producing decorative
effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and
combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of
lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting
and glass staining (see Glass staining, below) are used
indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows,
and the like.
Glass paper, paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used
for abrasive purposes.
Glass silk, fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion,
on rapidly rotating heated cylinders.
Glass silvering, the process of transforming plate glass
into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a
deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam.
Glass soap, or Glassmaker's soap, the black oxide of
manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take
away color from the materials for glass.
Glass staining, the art or practice of coloring glass in
its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in
a superficial film only; also, decorative work in glass.
Cf. Glass painting.
Glass tears. See Rupert's drop.
Glass works, an establishment where glass is made.
Heavy glass, a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially
of a borosilicate of potash.
Millefiore glass. See Millefiore.
Plate glass, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates,
and flattened by heavy rollers, -- used for mirrors and
the best windows.
Pressed glass, glass articles formed in molds by pressure
when hot.
Soluble glass (Chem.), a silicate of sodium or potassium,
found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder,
or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for
rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial
stone, etc.; -- called also water glass.
Spun glass, glass drawn into a thread while liquid.
Toughened glass, Tempered glass, glass finely tempered or
annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by
plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine,
etc.; -- called also, from the name of the inventor of the
process, Bastie glass.
Water glass. (Chem.) See Soluble glass, above.
Window glass, glass in panes suitable for windows.
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Spun hay
(gcide) | Spun \Spun\ (sp[u^]n),
imp. & p. p. of Spin.
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Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage,
as on a military expedition.
Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss, or
short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in
distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon.
It is often mixed with cotton.
Spun yarn (Naut.), a line formed of two or more rope-yarns
loosely twisted.
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Spun silk
(gcide) | Spun \Spun\ (sp[u^]n),
imp. & p. p. of Spin.
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Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage,
as on a military expedition.
Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss, or
short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in
distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon.
It is often mixed with cotton.
Spun yarn (Naut.), a line formed of two or more rope-yarns
loosely twisted.
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Spun yarn
(gcide) | Spun \Spun\ (sp[u^]n),
imp. & p. p. of Spin.
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Spun hay, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage,
as on a military expedition.
Spun silk, a cheap article produced from floss, or
short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in
distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon.
It is often mixed with cotton.
Spun yarn (Naut.), a line formed of two or more rope-yarns
loosely twisted.
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Spunge
(gcide) | Spunge \Spunge\ (sp[u^]nj), n.
A sponge. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Sponge \Sponge\ (sp[u^]nj), n. [OF. esponge, F. ['e]ponge, L.
spongia, Gr. spoggia`, spo`ggos. Cf. Fungus, Spunk.]
[Formerly written also spunge.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or
Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
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2. 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.
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3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinacious and
indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
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4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically:
(a) 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.
(b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
(c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
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5. (Gun.) 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.
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6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering
to the heel.
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Bath sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges, especially Spongia equina.
Cup sponge, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form.
Glass sponge. See Glass-sponge, in the Vocabulary.
Glove sponge, a variety of commercial sponge ({Spongia
officinalis}, variety tubulifera), having very fine
fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies.
Grass sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted,
as Spongia graminea, and Spongia equina, variety
cerebriformis, of Florida and the West Indies.
Horse sponge, a coarse commercial sponge, especially
Spongia equina.
Platinum sponge. (Chem.) See under Platinum.
Pyrotechnical sponge, a substance made of mushrooms or
fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then
put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again
dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder,
brought from Germany.
Sheep's-wool sponge, a fine and durable commercial sponge
(Spongia equina, variety gossypina) found in Florida and
the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger and
smaller tufts, having the oscula between them.
Sponge cake, a kind of sweet cake which is light and
spongy.
Sponge lead, or Spongy lead (Chem.), metallic lead
brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by
compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary
batteries and otherwise.
Sponge tree (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({Acacia
Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are
used in perfumery.
Toilet sponge, a very fine and superior variety of
Mediterranean sponge (Spongia officinalis, variety
Mediterranea); -- called also Turkish sponge.
To set a sponge (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour,
to be used in leavening a larger quantity.
To throw up the sponge, to give up a contest; to
acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring,
the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds
throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat; -- now,
throw in the towel is more common, and has the same
origin and meaning. [Cant or Slang] "He was too brave a
man to throw up the sponge to fate." --Lowell.
Vegetable sponge. (Bot.) See Loof.
Velvet sponge, a fine, soft commercial sponge ({Spongia
equina}, variety meandriniformis) found in Florida and the
West Indies.
Vitreous sponge. See Glass-sponge.
Yellow sponge, a common and valuable commercial sponge
(Spongia agaricina, variety corlosia) found in Florida
and the West Indies.
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spunge
(gcide) | Spunge \Spunge\ (sp[u^]nj), n.
A sponge. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Sponge \Sponge\ (sp[u^]nj), n. [OF. esponge, F. ['e]ponge, L.
spongia, Gr. spoggia`, spo`ggos. Cf. Fungus, Spunk.]
[Formerly written also spunge.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or
Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
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2. 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.
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3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinacious and
indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
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4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically:
(a) 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.
(b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
(c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
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5. (Gun.) 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.
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6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering
to the heel.
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Bath sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges, especially Spongia equina.
Cup sponge, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form.
Glass sponge. See Glass-sponge, in the Vocabulary.
Glove sponge, a variety of commercial sponge ({Spongia
officinalis}, variety tubulifera), having very fine
fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies.
Grass sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted,
as Spongia graminea, and Spongia equina, variety
cerebriformis, of Florida and the West Indies.
Horse sponge, a coarse commercial sponge, especially
Spongia equina.
Platinum sponge. (Chem.) See under Platinum.
Pyrotechnical sponge, a substance made of mushrooms or
fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then
put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again
dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder,
brought from Germany.
Sheep's-wool sponge, a fine and durable commercial sponge
(Spongia equina, variety gossypina) found in Florida and
the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger and
smaller tufts, having the oscula between them.
Sponge cake, a kind of sweet cake which is light and
spongy.
Sponge lead, or Spongy lead (Chem.), metallic lead
brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by
compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary
batteries and otherwise.
Sponge tree (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({Acacia
Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are
used in perfumery.
Toilet sponge, a very fine and superior variety of
Mediterranean sponge (Spongia officinalis, variety
Mediterranea); -- called also Turkish sponge.
To set a sponge (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour,
to be used in leavening a larger quantity.
To throw up the sponge, to give up a contest; to
acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring,
the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds
throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat; -- now,
throw in the towel is more common, and has the same
origin and meaning. [Cant or Slang] "He was too brave a
man to throw up the sponge to fate." --Lowell.
Vegetable sponge. (Bot.) See Loof.
Velvet sponge, a fine, soft commercial sponge ({Spongia
equina}, variety meandriniformis) found in Florida and the
West Indies.
Vitreous sponge. See Glass-sponge.
Yellow sponge, a common and valuable commercial sponge
(Spongia agaricina, variety corlosia) found in Florida
and the West Indies.
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Spunk
(gcide) | Spunk \Spunk\ (sp[u^][ng]k), n. [Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc,
tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia), sp[=o]n
a chip. Cf. Sponge, Punk.] [Written also sponk.]
1. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of
tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou. --Sir
T. Browne.
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2. An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of
spunk. [Colloq.]
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A lawless and dangerous set, men of spunk, and
spirit, and power, both of mind and body. --Prof.
Wilson.
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Spunkier
(gcide) | Spunky \Spunk"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Spunkier (-[i^]*[~e]r);
superl. Spunkiest.]
Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]
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Spunkiest
(gcide) | Spunky \Spunk"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Spunkier (-[i^]*[~e]r);
superl. Spunkiest.]
Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]
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Spunky
(gcide) | Spunky \Spunk"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Spunkier (-[i^]*[~e]r);
superl. Spunkiest.]
Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]
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Undispunged
(gcide) | Undispunged \Undispunged\
See dispunged. |
finespun
(wn) | finespun
adj 1: developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire
touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human
pretense" [syn: finespun, delicate]
2: developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions"
[syn: finespun, hairsplitting] |
homespun
(wn) | homespun
adj 1: of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted
of nubbly homespun yarns" [syn: homespun(p), nubby,
nubbly, slubbed, tweedy]
2: characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy";
"folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys" [syn:
cracker-barrel, folksy, homespun]
3: made of cloth spun or woven in the home; "homespun linen";
"homespun garments"
n 1: a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that
was spun at home |
spun sugar
(wn) | spun sugar
n 1: a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a
high temperature [syn: cotton candy, spun sugar,
candyfloss] |
spun yarn
(wn) | spun yarn
n 1: (nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope
made of several rope yarns loosely wound together |
spunk
(wn) | spunk
n 1: material for starting a fire [syn: kindling, tinder,
touchwood, spunk, punk]
2: the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk";
"you haven't got the heart for baseball" [syn: heart,
mettle, nerve, spunk] |
spunky
(wn) | spunky
adj 1: showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty
challenger" [syn: feisty, plucky, spunky]
2: willing to face danger [syn: game, gamy, gamey,
gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky] |
spungle
(jargon) | spungle
n.
[Durham, UK; portmanteau, spangle + bungle] A spangle of no actual
usefulness. Example: Roger the Bent Paperclip in Microsoft Word '98. A
spungle's only virtue is that it looks pretty, unless you find creeping
featurism ugly.
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