holystone in English
noun
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a piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the decks of ships.
The only noises were the holystones being dragged back and forth, the wind in the rigging, the creaking of the ship, and Hornblower's footsteps across the quarter-deck.
verb
1
scour (a deck) with a holystone.
The men holystoning the deck went at it with a will.
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1. 17 Holystone and Desktop, for instance, designate several highly sensitive undersea operations.
2. As last working procedure of abrade treatment, use holystone needs to have taller property.
3. Arenaceous rock: 1 n a sedimentary rock composed of sand Types: show 8 types hide 8 types sandstone a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.) firestone a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns holystone a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the