holystone Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship
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verb scrub with a holystone
- holystone the ship's deck
WordNet
Ho"ly*stone` noun
Definitions
(Naut.) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships. Totten.
Ho"ly*stone` transitive verb
Definitions
(Naut.) To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.
