holystone
/ˈhoʊliˌstoʊn/
noun
- A soft sandstone used for scrubbing the wooden decks of ships.
- The old ship still had a supply of holystone in the storage locker.
- A bucket of seawater and a piece of holystone were the main tools for deck cleaning.
- The sailors used a block of holystone to scrub the deck until it was white.
verb
- To scrub a ship's deck with a holystone.
- They would holystone the planks until the wood gleamed in the sunlight.
- He learned how to holystone properly during his first week at sea.
- The crew had to holystone the deck every morning before inspection.
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