to holystone
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9.9
To scrub wooden ship decks with a small soft stone
- verb
- Archaic
:
limpiar con piedra de limpiar
- After each voyage, the sailors would holystone the ship's deck to keep it clean.
Examples
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The crew was instructed to holystone the decks to remove any dirt and grime.
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"Sand it, holystone it, " they say.
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To prepare for inspection, the team must holystone the wooden decks thoroughly.
How Clean
Surface Forms
holystone infinitive
holystoned past
holystoned past participle
holystoning present participle
holystones third person singular
Etymology
The verb holystone comes from the same noun holystone and from that image of kneeling to scrub; so to holystone a deck simply means to scrub it with a soft sandstone block to keep the wood clean.