Sponging

a kind of Sponging Houses for High Treason, where Gentlemen Traitors who were not in very great peril lived, as it were, at an ordinary, and paid much dearer for their meat and lodging than though they had been at some bailiffs lock-up in Cursitor Street, or Tooke's Court, or at the Pied

The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861

Sponging blood sucking parasites the lot of them, the hate us and anyone who is trying to help them until they need us when suddenly we have to be at their beck and call.

Sympathy For The Devil « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

Sponging with basic brown around the edges of the hive pieces make it pop.

Proof of Stamping Sarah Moore 2007

Sponging with basic brown around the edges of the hive pieces make it pop.

Archive 2007-07-01 Sarah Moore 2007

HORROW: Sponging comes -- yes, well, you should know a lot you're not going to know.

CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2006 2006

Sponging Casca down quickly, Crysos went about his duties tending to the others, bringing wine and posca to those who called for it.

The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980

Sponging throughout the course of the disease is essential; first, with cool water, as directed for scarlet fever, with the use of cold on the head to relieve the itching, fever, and delirium.

The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Kenelm Winslow

Sponging over the whole body with vinegar or weak ACETIC ACID (_see_) also greatly refreshes the patient.

Papers on Health John Kirk

Sponging all over with warm vinegar is also a most invigorating thing.

Papers on Health John Kirk

Sponging the naked body with ice water will suffice in some cases; in others, when the temperature is over 102-1/2° F., enveloping the whole body in a sheet wet in water at 65°, and either rubbing the surface with ice or cloths wet in ice-cold water, for ten or fifteen minutes, is advisable.

The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Kenelm Winslow