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Definition of Holystoning
1. holystone [v] - See also: holystone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holystoning
Literary usage of Holystoning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sunday at Home: A Family Magazine for Sabbath Reading by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1883)
"The work of holystoning, so called from the kneeling position of the men when
... The practice of holystoning decks on Sunday morning has ceased in many ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"To increase the scrubbing power of the stones, the decks are wetted and sand is
sprinkled over them prior to holystoning. The derivation of the term is ..."
3. Memories of a Rear-admiral who Has Served for More Than Half a Century in by Samuel Rhoades Franklin (1898)
"Macomb held the prisoner for a few days, when the latter said to him one morning
when the men were holystoning the decks, " Captain, it seems to me to be a ..."
4. On Board the Good Ship Earth: A Survey of World Problems by Herbert Quick (1913)
"They are rough and rugged—but the holystoning is going on all the time, and one
day they will be low and some day they will be level with the plain. ..."
5. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"... is sprinkled over them prior to holystoning. The derivation of the term is
supposed to be from the fact that holystoning used chiefly to be done on ..."
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