holystone
pronunciation
How to pronounce holystone in British English:
UK ['həʊlɪstəʊn]
How to pronounce holystone in American English:
US [ 'holɪston]
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- Noun:
- a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship
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- Verb:
- scrub with a holystone
Word Origin
- holystone (n.)
- soft sandstone used to scrub decks of sailing ships, 1777, despite the spelling, so called perhaps because it is full of holes. As a verb, by 1828.