| 单词 | holystone |
| 释义 | holystone (once / 64942 pages) nv WORD FAMILY holystone: holystoned, holystones, holystoning USAGE EXAMPLESIn his own words it was as follows:—Commencing at five a.m.—“Turn hands up; holystone or scrub upper deck; coil down ropes. Whymper, Frederick, The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adve...(2012) HOLYSTONE, a soft kind of sandstone used by sailors for scrubbing and cleaning the decks of ships. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) He was so clean he looked as if he had been scrubbed with soap and then rubbed with holystone. Ade, George, In Pastures New(2011) 1n a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship Hyper sandstone a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.) 2v scrub with a holystone holystone the ship's deck Hyper scour, scrub clean with hard rubbing |
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