ho·ly·stone (h  l -stn )n. A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the wooden decks of a ship. tr.v. ho·ly·stoned, ho·ly·ston·ing, ho·ly·stones To scrub or scour with a piece of soft sandstone. [Perhaps from a sailor's kneeling position while scouring with the stone.] |
holystone [ˈhəʊlɪˌstəʊn]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a vessel
vb
(Transport / Nautical Terms) (tr) to scrub (a vessel's decks) with a holystone
[perhaps so named from its being used in a kneeling position]
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| Noun | 1. | holystone - a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship sandstone - a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.) |
| Verb | 1. | holystone - scrub with a holystone; "holystone the ship's deck" |
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