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

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  1. n. A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.
  2. v. t. To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.
  3. n. a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship
  4. v. scrub with a holystone
  5. A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships. Totten. To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.
  6. A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.Totten.
  7. n. a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship v. scrub with a holystone