Definition of spunge Spunge
We found 7 definitions of spunge from 6 different sources.
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What does spunge mean?
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- spunge (n.)
A sponge.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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spunge
spunj, v. and n. a form of sponge
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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spunge
See the article CANNON.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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spunge
A cylindrical block of wood covered with sheepskin, used to clean the interior of a gun after firing, and to extinguish any sparks that may remain behind. The rope-sponge, fixed on a strong rope instead of a staff, has a rammer-head on its opposite end: it is used for service with lower-deck guns in bad weather when the ports cannot be opened except at moments for firing.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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spunge
A thirsty fellow, a great drinker. To spunge; to eat and drink at another's cost. Spunging-house: a bailiff's lock-up-house, or repository, to which persons arrested are taken, till they find bail, or have spent all their money: a house where every species of fraud and extortion is practised under the protection of the law.
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