Looking for sentences and phrases with the word holystone? Here are some examples.
Sentence Examples
If my boot should leave a stain on the marble, George must not holystone it away.
From 8pm on Friday August 7 until 6am on Monday August 10, the A19 southbound and northbound carriageways above the Holystone Interchange will be closed.
Examples from Classical Literature
A small flint or stone having a natural hole in it, and worn as a charm, is also called a holystone.
At five o'clock we have to get up and go inside again so they can holystone the deck.
I need scarcely explain that holystone is a large soft stone, used with water, for scrubbing the dirt off the ship's decks.
My head was like to burst, and my tongue was like a lump of holystone in my mouth.
On deck, the men began to holystone the planks, polish up the brasswork, and make everything shipshape for port.
He went to the pump for more water, and the man crawled back to his holystone.
We'll holystone 'em an' slush 'em with hot tar if they give any trouble!
Birch stooped over his holystone, and Peters turned to go forward again.
There is also the upland oak and juniper woods of the Holystone Valley, near Rothbury, which is home to a variety of birds such as pied flycatchers and goshawks.
