HOLYSTONE


Meaning of HOLYSTONE in English

/hoh"lee stohn'/ , n. , v. , holystoned, holystoning .

n.

1. a block of soft sandstone used in scrubbing the decks of a ship.

v.t.

2. to scrub with a holystone.

[ 1815-25; HOLY + STONE; perh. orig. jocular or profane ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .