Holystone
[hoh-lee-stohn] /ˈhoʊ liˌstoʊn/
noun
1.
a block of soft sandstone used in scrubbing the decks of a ship.
verb (used with object), holystoned, holystoning.
2.
to scrub with a holystone.
/ˈhəʊlɪˌstəʊn/
noun
1.
a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a vessel
verb
2.
(transitive) to scrub (a vessel’s decks) with a holystone
n.
soft sandstone used to scrub decks of sailing ships, 1777, despite the spelling, so called perhaps because it is full of holes. As a verb, by 1828.
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