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holystone - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'holystone' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Holystone [ n.]
- A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.
2 . Holystone [ v. t.]
- To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.

Meaning of 'holystone' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . holystone [ v]
Meaning (1):
- scrub with a holystone
Example in sentence:
  • holystone the ship's deck