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Sandstone that was used to scrub the ships
A chunk of sandstone used to scrub decks. The name comes from both the kneeling position sailors adopt to scrub the deck (reminiscent of genuflection for prayer), and the stone itself (which resembled a Bible in shape and size).
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n.
A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.
v. t.
To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.
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