Definitions for holystone

holystone ho·ly·stone

Spelling: [hoh-lee-stohn]
IPA: /ˈhoʊ liˌstoʊn/

Holystone is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 385 anagrams from letters in holystone (ehlnoosty).

Definitions for holystone

noun

  1. a block of soft sandstone used in scrubbing the decks of a ship.

verb (used with object)

  1. to scrub with a holystone.

Origin of holystone

1815-25; holy + stone; perhaps orig. jocular or profane

Examples for holystone

The Malay swung aside; the holystone crunched into the sack of eggs and slid to earth.

On deck, the men began to holystone the planks, polish up the brasswork, and make everything shipshape for port.

At five o'clock we have to get up and go inside again so they can holystone the deck.

I need scarcely explain that holystone is a large soft stone, used with water, for scrubbing the dirt off the ship's decks.

My head was like to burst, and my tongue was like a lump of holystone in my mouth.

We'll holystone 'em an' slush 'em with hot tar if they give any trouble!

A small flint or stone having a natural hole in it, and worn as a charm, is also called a holystone.

Birch stooped over his holystone, and Peters turned to go forward again.

He went to the pump for more water, and the man crawled back to his holystone.

If my boot should leave a stain on the marble, George must not holystone it away.

Word Value for holystone
Scrable

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Words with friends

15

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