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Webster 1913 Edition

Holystone

Ho′ly-stoneˊ

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Noun.

(Naut.)

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

Totten.

Ho′ly-stoneˊ

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Verb.

T.

(Naut.)

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