holystone

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Malta taşı
kumtaş
bir çeşit yumuşak kumtaşı
bu taşla temizlemek
Английский Язык - Английский Язык
A block of soft sandstone used for scrubbing the wooden decks of a ship, usually with sand and seawater; sometimes called a bible
To scrub the decks with a holystone

Six days shalt thou labor and do all that thou art able,And on the seventh holystone the deck and scrape the cable.

A block of sandstone used for scrubbing the wooden decks of a ship, usually with sand and seawater; sometimes called a bible
a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship scrub with a holystone; "holystone the ship's deck
A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships
To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel
{i} sandstone formerly used for scrubbing the decks of sailing ships
A holystone
bible
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Определение holystone в Турецкий язык Английский Язык словарь

raspa taşı holystone
(used for scrubbing a ship's decks)
holystone

    Расстановка переносов

    ho·ly·stone

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    Этимология

    [ 'hO-lE-"stOn ] (noun.) circa 1823. Uncertain, but likely from the fact the scrubbing is done while down on one's knees, just as in prayer.
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