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Holystone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the wooden decks of a ship.

v. To scrub or scour with a piece of soft sandstone.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A block of soft sandstone used for scrubbing the wooden decks of a ship, usually with sand and seawater; sometimes called a bible.

v. To scrub the decks with a holystone.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.

v. To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A soft sandstone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of a ship. See the extract.

To scrub with holystone, as the deck of a vessel.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. scrub with a holystone

n. a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship

Word Usage

"The holystone is a large, soft stone, smooth on the bottom, with long ropes attached to each end, by which the crew keep it sliding fore and aft, over the wet, sanded decks."

Verb Form

holystoned holystones holystoning

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

scrub scour sandstone