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holystone definition

holy·stone (hō′lē stōn′)

noun

a large, flat piece of sandstone used for scouring a ship's wooden decks

Etymology: prob. so named because user is on his knees

transitive verb holystoned -·stoned′, holystoning -·ston′·ing

to scour with a holystone

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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