holystone

英 ['həʊlɪstəʊn] 美 ['hoʊlɪstoʊn]

• n. 磨石
• v. 用磨石磨

英英释义

Noun:

1. a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship

Verb:

1. scrub with a holystone;

   "holystone the ship's deck"
   

经典引文

• He is on a deck holystoned white as any man-of-war's.

  出自： T. Mo