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will sponge

  • future tense
    of sponge.
    sponge
    noun
    any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.

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“He knows the Hakim’s ways, and will sponge the bullet-wounds and fetch the water bowl.”

From In the Mahdi's Grasp by Lancelot Speed

Let your piece cool a moment," said Marah, "then we will sponge and load again, and then Jim'll try.

From Jim Davis by John Masefield