spunge (s.xiii)

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spunge (s.xiii)

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[FEW: 12,207a spongia; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  sponge n.1; MED:  sponge n.; DMLBS: 3168a spongia]
sponge  

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1zool. lapid.light, porous material that is either sponge (porous skeleton of various species of Porifera) or pumice (volcanic rock)
( MS: s.xiii ) spongia: est quodam instrumentum quod tergit pulverem a veste, gallice spunge  172
( MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Autre poudre por la piere depescier, receit mire, ceperon [...], de chascone drame et demie, piere de sponge, semence de pavaut blanc  328.13
( MS: s.xiv1/3 ) 2 pois de teule de mer (='starfish'), la quele vus troverez rouge et pertusé et legere com sponge  393.56
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