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Holystone   Listen
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Holystone  v. t.  (Naut.) To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Holystone" Quotes from Famous Books



... was. Looking out the door of the companionway on to the starboard deck-alley of the yacht, they saw that the awnings were up and the decks were being holystoned. Outside the door stood a bucket of water, a big holystone beside it, while the one-eyed seaman Birch was just rising to his feet from the deck. Peters was standing ...
— The Pirate Shark • Elliott Whitney



Words linked to "Holystone" :   scrub, scour, sandstone



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