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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of Spongi[ae], or
        Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongi[ae].
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny
        Spongi[ae] (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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinacious and
        indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering
        to the heel.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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 S. 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Platinum \Plat"i*num\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. platina, from plata
     silver, LL. plata a thin plate of metal. See Plate, and cf.
     Platina.] (Chem.)
     A metallic element of atomic number 78, one of the noble
     metals, classed with silver and gold as a precious metal,
     occurring native or alloyed with other metals and also as the
     platinum arsenide (sperrylite). It is a heavy tin-white metal
     which is ductile and malleable, but very infusible (melting
     point 1772[deg] C), and characterized by its resistance to
     strong chemical reagents. It is used for crucibles in
     laboratory operations, as a catalyst, in jewelry, for stills
     for sulphuric acid, rarely for coin, and in the form of foil
     and wire for many purposes. Specific gravity 21.5. Atomic
     weight 195.1. Symbol Pt. Formerly called platina.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     Platinum black (Chem.), a soft, dull black powder,
        consisting of finely divided metallic platinum obtained by
        reduction and precipitation from its solutions. It absorbs
        oxygen to a high degree, and is employed as an oxidizer.
        
  
     Platinum lamp (Elec.), a kind of incandescent lamp of which
        the luminous medium is platinum. See under Incandescent.
        
  
     Platinum metals (Chem.), the group of metallic elements
        which in their chemical and physical properties resemble
        platinum. These consist of the light platinum group, viz.,
        rhodium, ruthenium, and palladium, whose specific
        gravities are about 12; and the heavy platinum group,
        viz., osmium, iridium, and platinum, whose specific
        gravities are over 21.
  
     Platinum sponge (Chem.), metallic platinum in a gray,
        porous, spongy form, obtained by reducing the double
        chloride of platinum and ammonium. It absorbs oxygen,
        hydrogen, and certain other gases, to a high degree, and
        is employed as an agent in oxidizing.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sponge \Sponge\, n. [OF. esponge, F. ['e]ponge, L. spongia, Gr.
     ?, ?. Cf. Fungus, Spunk.] [Formerly written also
     spunge.]
     1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of Spongi[ae], or
        Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongi[ae].
  
     2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny
        Spongi[ae] (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.
  
     3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and
        indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
  
     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.
  
     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.
  
     6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering
        to the heel.
  
     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 tubulufera), 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 S. 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. [Cant
        or Slang] ``He was too brave a man to throw up the sponge
        to fate.'' --Lowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Platinum \Plat"i*num\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. platina, from plata
     silver, LL. plata a thin plate of metal. See Plate, and cf.
     Platina.] (Chem.)
     A metallic element, intermediate in value between silver and
     gold, occurring native or alloyed with other metals, also as
     the platinum arsenide (sperrylite). It is heavy tin-white
     metal which is ductile and malleable, but very infusible, and
     characterized by its resistance to strong chemical reagents.
     It is used for crucibles, for stills for sulphuric acid,
     rarely for coin, and in the form of foil and wire for many
     purposes. Specific gravity 21.5. Atomic weight 194.3. Symbol
     Pt. Formerly called platina.
  
     Platinum black (Chem.), a soft, dull black powder,
        consisting of finely divided metallic platinum obtained by
        reduction and precipitation from its solutions. It absorbs
        oxygen to a high degree, and is employed as an oxidizer.
        
  
     Platinum lamp (Elec.), a kind of incandescent lamp of which
        the luminous medium is platinum. See under Incandescent.
        
  
     Platinum metals (Chem.), the group of metallic elements
        which in their chemical and physical properties resemble
        platinum. These consist of the light platinum group, viz.,
        rhodium, ruthenium, and palladium, whose specific
        gravities are about 12; and the heavy platinum group,
        viz., osmium, iridium, and platinum, whose specific
        gravities are over 21.
  
     Platinum sponge (Chem.), metallic platinum in a gray,
        porous, spongy form, obtained by reducing the double
        chloride of platinum and ammonium. It absorbs oxygen,
        hydrogen, and certain other gases, to a high degree, and
        is employed as an agent in oxidizing.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  platinum sponge
     n.
     A porous, grayish-black form of platinum.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  platinum sponge
     n.
     A porous, grayish-black form of platinum.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  platinum sponge
     n.
     A porous, grayish-black form of platinum.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  platinum sponge
     n.
     A porous, grayish-black form of platinum.

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  platinum sponge /plˈatɪnəm spˈʌndʒ/
  platinaszivacs

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