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Sparge
- noun - agitate by introducing air or compressed gas; "sparge the water"
- scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn"
- the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt"
Sperge
- - A charge of wash for the still.
Sponge
- noun - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- soak up with a sponge
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
Spongy
- adjective - easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread"
- like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
Sprags
- noun - a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline
- a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine
Sprigs
- noun - a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
- an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
- Usually sprigs. Australian, NZ. A stud on the sole of a shoe or boot.
Sprogs
- noun - a child
- a new military recruit
Spurge
- noun - any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
Stingo
- - Old beer; sharp or strong liquor.