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ˈholystone, v.
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To scour with a holystone.
1828P. Cunningham N.S. Wales II. 217 Scrubbed, swabbed, scraped, or dry holystoned. 1830Marryat King's Own li, No sails to set, and no holystoning the deck. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast iii. 6 Six days shalt thou labour and do all thou art able, And on the seventh—holystone the decks and scrape the cable. 1886H. W. Elliott Arctic Prov. 108 Floors scrubbed and sanded like a well holystoned ship's deck. |