unspongyadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) I. 366 When an unspongy or solid body sinks in a vessel of water.
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adj.a1774- to have one's charter
- to have one's choice
- to have, bear, carry, strike a stroke
- to have, bear, carry, strike the stroke
- to have, etc, in stitches
- to have, etc, someone in stitches
- to have, get a cob on
- to have, get an inkling
- to have, get an inkling of something
- to have, hold, make, take strife
- to have, in warison
- to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle
- to have, know, see, etc no better wone
- to have, know, see, etc no other wone
- to have, make, take a person sworn
- to have, make, take sworn
- to have, or hold in veneration
- to have, receive, take a foil
- to have, receive, take a one's foil
- to have, receive, take a the foil
- to have, repulse
- to have, take a fancy for, to
- to have, take an end
- to have, take felicity in or to
- to have, take in charge