Definition of Holistone
Ho"ly*stone` (?), n. (Naut.)
A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.
Totten.
Ho"ly*stone`, v. t. (Naut.)
To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (nautical) A small block of sandstone used for scrubbing the wooden decks of a ship; sometimes called a bible
- Note: smaller blocks for awkward places are prayer books
- To scrub the decks with a holystone
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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