What is another word for "sponge"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "sponge": account, adust, anhydrous, application, apply, arefaction, arid, aridity, arrear, bank, bankrupt, bankruptcy, become, bedew, behind, behindhand, biscuit, blow, bogus, bone, both, break, button, check, chemical, cheque, clothes, clothesline, damp, dank, debt, debtor, defalcation, default, defaulter, dehydrate, dephlegmation, desiccate, desiccation, desiccative.