Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SPUNG'Y, a.

1. Soft and full of cavities; of an open, loose pliable texture; as, a spungy excrescence; spungy earth; spungy cake; the spungy substance of the lungs.
2. Full of small cavities; as, spungy bones.
3. Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like spunge.
4. Having the quality of imbibing fluids.