(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:10:55

Ho"ly*stone` (?), n. Naut.

A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.

Totten.

 

© Webster 1913.

Ho"ly*stone`, v. t. Naut.

To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.

 

© Webster 1913.

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