Holystone vs Ymara - What's the difference?
holystone | ymara |
(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
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.