spongia

They wiped their fundaments (let the ladies, if they please, mince it smaller) with a sponge, which is the reason that 'spongia' is a smutty word in Latin; which sponge was fastened to the end of a stick, as appears by the story of him who, as he was led along to be thrown to the wild beasts in the sight of the people, asking leave to do his business, and having no other way to despatch himself, forced the sponge and stick down his throat and choked himself.

The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 08 Michel de Montaigne 1562

They wiped their fundaments (let the ladies, if they please, mince it smaller) with a sponge, which is the reason that 'spongia' is a smutty word in Latin; which sponge was fastened to the end of a stick, as appears by the story of him who, as he was led along to be thrown to the wild beasts in the sight of the people, asking leave to do his business, and having no other way to despatch himself, forced the sponge and stick down his throat and choked himself.

The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562

In Constantinopoli habentur multa mirabilia, ac insuper multæ sanctorum venerandæ relliquæi, ac super omnia, preciosissimi Crux Christi, seu maior pars illius, et tunica inconsutilis, cum spongia et arandine, et vno clauorum, et dimidia parte coronæ spineæ, cuius altera medietas seruatur in Capetla

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

In Constantinopoli habentur multa mirabilia, ac insuper mult� sanctorum venerand� relliqu鎖, ac super omnia, preciosissimi Crux Christi, seu maior pars illius, et tunica inconsutilis, cum spongia et arandine, et vno clauorum, et dimidia parte coron� spine�, cuius altera medietas seruatur in Capetla

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

And when the cough seems to be deep seated use _Bryonia_ instead of spongia.

An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time

The baby got well; but whether its recovery was due to the spongia or to the aconite I never knew.

The Story of a Pioneer Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 1929

` ` If the child is strangling when it inhales, as if it were breathing through a sponge, then give it spongia; but if it is strangling when it breathes out, give it aconite. ''

The Story of a Pioneer Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 1929

One of them had said: "If the child is strangling when it inhales, as if it were breathing through a sponge, then give it spongia; but if it is strangling when it breathes out, give it aconite."

The Story of a Pioneer 1915

The baby got well; but whether its recovery was due to the spongia or to the aconite I never knew.

The Story of a Pioneer 1915

Macul&æ erant sparsim in&æqualiterque manantes, veluti si quis haustam spongia saniem adspersissit, impressissetve parieti: et ianu&æ passim ostiaque & ædium eadem adspergine contaminata cernebantur.

Chapter XXXI 1909