holystone

noun · verbB2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

holystones

1.
(nautical) A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the wooden decks of ships, usually with sand and seawater.
Đồng nghĩa: bible
2.
A stone with a naturally-formed hole, used by Yorkshiremen for good luck.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

holystones

V_ing/Gerund

holystoning

V_ed/pp

holystoned

1.
(transitive)To use a holystone.

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Đồng nghĩa

biblelucky stone

Cùng gốc / liên quan

sharpening stonewhetstone

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Nguồn gốc từ

, but equivalent to holy + stone. As an amulet, probably from holey (having a hole). As a scouring stone, variously derived from holey, from the amulet, from its association with Sunday cleaning, from its users' adoption of a kneeling position similar to prayer, and (least likely) from their original provision by raiding graveyards for tombstones.