Holystone vs Holystoned - What's the difference?
holystone | holystoned |
(nautical) A block of soft sandstone used for scrubbing the wooden decks of a ship, usually with sand and seawater; sometimes called a bible.
To scrub the decks with a holystone.
* 1911 : (under Sabbath)
(holystone)
(nautical) A block of soft sandstone used for scrubbing the wooden decks of a ship, usually with sand and seawater; sometimes called a bible.
To scrub the decks with a holystone.
* 1911 : (under Sabbath)
As verbs the difference between holystone and holystoned
is that holystone is to scrub the decks with a holystone while holystoned is past tense of holystone.As a noun holystone
is a block of soft sandstone used for scrubbing the wooden decks of a ship, usually with sand and seawater; sometimes called a bible.holystone
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Totten)
Usage notes
Smaller blocks for awkward places are prayer books.Verb
(holyston)- Six days shalt thou labor and do all that thou art able,
And on the seventh holystone the deck and scrape the cable.
holystoned
English
Verb
(head)holystone
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Totten)
Usage notes
Smaller blocks for awkward places are prayer books.Verb
(holyston)- Six days shalt thou labor and do all that thou art able,
And on the seventh holystone the deck and scrape the cable.
