spongedadj.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > full of holes > porous
plummya1398
porousa1398
hollow1398
sponged1398
spongeous1398
porosea1400
spongiousc1400
pory1535
spongy1578
sponge-like1594
lax1615
porish1652
laxy1716
spongiose1755
spongiform1805
spongeoid1822
spongoid1843
polyporous1858
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xiv. xxxii Þouȝ cragges be neuer so hard and rouȝe and scharpe wiþ~oute, ȝitte wiþin þei beþ somdele sponged [1495 spounged] and holowȝe.
2. Saturated with moisture like a sponge.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [adjective] > like a sponge
sponged1628
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xii. sig. I8 Who can but thinke what a nastie Beast he is in his drunkennesse,..how like a nated Sop, spunged, euen to the cracking of a skinne?
3.
a. Wiped or cleansed with a sponge.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > wiping > [adjective] > sponged
sponged1871
1871 R. Browning Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau 27 The old plan saved, instead of a sponged slate And fresh-drawn figure?
b. Of colour, paint, design, etc.: applied with a sponge. Hence sponged ware, pottery decorated by being dabbed with a sponge impregnated with colour. Cf. spatterware n. at spatter v. Compounds.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [adjective] > applied in specific manner
washed1770
airbrushed1912
impastoed1923
sponged1925
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > pottery ornamented in specific way
lustre ware1825
celadon1850
willow-ware1851
spatterware1856
sgraffiato1862
barbotine1865
sgraffito1878
slipware1883
photoceramic1892
sponged ware1957
1925 Heal & Son catal.: Table Wares (1972) A sponged design in clear blue under-glaze on white ground.
1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 101/1 Mocha was made here [i.e. at Greens] as well as sponged and lined wares.
1971 L. A. Boger Dict. World Pottery & Porcelain 323/1 Sponged Ware. In American ceramics; decorating the surface of pottery by dabbing with a sponge or something of the sort.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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