Holystone

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Holystone \Ho"ly*stone`\, n. (Naut.)
     A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.
     --Totten.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Holystone \Ho"ly*stone`\, v. t. (Naut.)
     To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  holystone
       n : a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship
       v : scrub with a holystone; "holystone the ship's deck"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "holystone":
     abstergent, baptize, bath, bathe, cathartic, cleaner,
     cleaning agent, cleaning solvent, cleanser, cleansing cream,
     cold cream, cream, dentifrice, depurant, detergent, diuretic,
     douche, emetic, enema, flush, flush out, gargle, irrigate, lather,
     launder, lave, lotion, mop, mop up, mouthwash, nauseant,
     pumice stone, purgative, purge, purifier, rinse, rinse out,
     ritually immerse, scour, scrub, scrub up, shampoo, shower, sluice,
     sluice out, soap, solvent, sponge, swab, synthetic detergent,
     syringe, toivel, tooth powder, toothpaste, tub, wash, wash out,
     wash up