| 单词 | holystone |
| 例句 | Dingy decks were holystoned white, and the rigging was taut, tarred, and dressed in its chafing gear. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z So I went inside to where he was holystoning the taproom table. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The holystone is a large piece of porous stone,40 which is dragged in alternate ways by two sailors over the deck, sand being used to increase its effect. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z A small flint or stone having a natural hole in it, and worn as a charm, is also called a holystone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z He was so clean he looked as if he had been scrubbed with soap and then rubbed with holystone. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z To say that her decks were as white as snow would be to talk figuratively, but literally they were as white as cocoanut husk and holystone could make them. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z The deck had been holystoned and well sluiced before sunrise and was not quite dry, and there was a slight coolness in the air where Evelyn Cliffe sat under the awning. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Turn hands up; holystone or scrub upper deck; coil down ropes. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Two or three days after the order was given to get up the holystones for cleaning ship. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Below the holystoned decks the watch snored, unaware that the tide hung at its flood and that a wan yellow sun was rising over the Coast Range like a paper lantern in a summer's garden. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Ahead of him, the white superstructure, the white-duck uniform of the officer pacing the bridge, the whiteness of the holystoned deck, all stood boldly out against the deep cobalt of the gently swelling sea. The Key to Yesterday The next thing I knew was that the crew were holystoning the gun deck. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document "They 're hard at it yonder, with harp and piano, and, except holystoning a deck, I don't know its equal." Tony Butler The only pretence at ship-smartening we were likely to make was "holystoning" the decks, and, to this end, several lumps of sandstone had been saved ever since we left Sydney. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z There were sallies of wit: “Now’s the time to pave the alley,” “Pass the holystone,” over this doughy circumstance. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Very soon he came alongside the yacht: the sailors were holystoning the deck, but there was not a face looked over the side that little Jan knew. Jan Vedder's Wife But we had "holystoning" decks enough to make up for it. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document Two iron belaying-pins, three blocks, six holystones, four winch-handles, and a large hammer, were now carefully weighed, the Captain superintending and noting the results. A Tangled Tale Now, I have before noted in what abhorrence holystoning is held by all who have to perform it, and here was a heaven-sent opportunity to make the job impossible. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z A Lascar is standing by grinning, with a bucket of water and a deck-swab; they want to begin holystoning down the decks. Round the Wonderful World No one seemed to be about, so he seized a pail half filled with sujee, a block of holystone, and a stiff broom. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Two boys who had been sent on shore in the dingey at Murrell Inlet for a barrel of sand for holystoning decks had been killed by the rebels. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document The floor is composed of flag-stones, in this case always carefully washed and holystoned. The Toilers of the Field Promptly at four bells the watch were gathered aft, and "holystoning" commenced. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Hose, mops, and holystone, until the teak looked as if it had just left the Rangoon sawmills; then the brass, every knob and piping, every latch and hinge and port loop. The Pagan Madonna Our marines opened on them with muskets: even a spittoon and a holystone were thrown at them from our deck, which drove them away.' The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 The brasswork in her gleamed in the sun like jewels set in ivory, for the woodwork was as near the whiteness of ivory as holystone and sharkskin could make it. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions Down upon her decks, white as holystone can make them, the same regularity is observable; every rope coiled, every brace trimly turned upon its belaying-pin. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea "Why"—I could not help asking my chum Bill—"why, in the name of goodness all this back-breaking holystoning only to plaster such a foul mess on the decks immediately afterward?" The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z On deck, the men began to holystone the planks, polish up the brasswork, and make everything shipshape for port. A Boy's Voyage Round the World The everlasting holystoning of wooden decks and the dim lanterns hung at intervals from low-hanging beams—they are gone. The U-boat hunters He pointed to a man who with one hand was rubbing a small holystone in a corner where a large one would not go. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea “It’s full of red sand, and I’ve seen it covering the decks in some parts as if a man had been scraping a red holystone over them.” A Voyage round the World A book for boys Floods of water and the heavy holystones took from the decks the stains of blood. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 The boards began to whiten with the holystoning. A Boy's Voyage Round the World We shall be all snug; no sails to trim, no sails to set, and no holystoning the deck—nothing to do but to keep myself warm under the weather bulwarks.” The King's Own He went to the pump for more water, and the man crawled back to his holystone. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea The decks were as dirty as if they had not been holystoned or swept all that time; not a sail was properly set, not a rope flemished down. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea You see, the deck’s as white as a holystone will make it, and your boots is black, and black and white never did agree. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise I need scarcely explain that holystone is a large soft stone, used with water, for scrubbing the dirt off the ship's decks. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Looking out the door of the companionway on to the starboard deck-alley of the yacht, they saw that the awnings were up and the decks were being holystoned. The Pirate Shark We'll holystone 'em an' slush 'em with hot tar if they give any trouble! The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand Bent a new flying jib this morning and had the king and Tabu-Tabu holystone the deck. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates At five o'clock we have to get up and go inside again so they can holystone the deck. Parrot & Co. At about six every morning we are roused by the sailors holystoning the decks, under the superintendence of the officer of the watch. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Outside the door stood a bucket of water, a big holystone beside it, while the one-eyed seaman Birch was just rising to his feet from the deck. The Pirate Shark He arranged the weights carefully at the feet: two holystones, an old anchor-shackle without its pin, some broken links of a worn-out stream cable. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle He settled himself against the mast, gave a final polish to his hook with holystone, and using the hook every now and then to punctuate his narrative, began. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India "It's a dreadful recollection, and I have that by my mizzen-mast which all the holystone in the world can never scour." The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales During this first week she is painted, and holystoned, her carpets are beaten, her cabins scrubbed and aired, and the passengers mess with the officers. The Congo and Coasts of Africa Indeed, the principal use for a crew aboard the Seamew was to keep the brasswork polished and the decks holystoned, it seemed to Mart. The Pirate Shark You should have seen these big fishermen coyly removing their heavy boots before treading our decks—I believe that "snowy deck" is the proper term—lest they should mar the holystoned smoothness. Sweetapple Cove I awoke the next morning at daylight with a noise over my head which sounded like thunder; I found it proceeded from holystoning and washing down the main-deck. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 I suppose you are going to take the morning watch and holystone the decks. Bob the Castaway Decks are no longer holystoned, but the cable still supplies the captain with opportunity to attest a pious respect for the divine ordinance. The Devil's Dictionary The men have just been holystoning here, singing away lustily in chorus. Letters from the Cape The Rev. Mr. Calthrop thanked him with becoming gratitude and departed to get the new holystones. The Cruise of the Jasper B. The floors were holystoned nearly every day, and the whole house was repainted about twice a year, a little at a time, when the weather was suitable for this marine recreation. The Magic Egg and Other Stories Skipper Simms kept the men busy painting and holystoning as a vent for their pent emotions. The Mucker Her deck was holystoned to man-o'-war cleanliness; every sheet, hawser, stay, tackle, pin, spike, was in place. The Cruise of the Dry Dock On the third morning Katy woke and dressed so early, that she gained the deck before the sailors had finished their scrubbing and holystoning. What Katy Did Next Before we sail you can put in your time holystoning the deck. The Cruise of the Jasper B. The after half of her deck was parted off with a light rope rail, was kept as white as holystone could make it, and had a brass railed bulwark. The Marquis of Lossie The Philadelphia catechism is Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thou art able, And on the seventh, holystone the decks and scrape the cable. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction The prison-ships lying in the Thames, waiting for their living cargo to be carried away and dumped on distant lands, were cleaned out, refitted, holystoned, and sent out as merchant-ships. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers My head was like to burst, and my tongue was like a lump of holystone in my mouth. Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood The deck of the Jasper B.," said Cleggett, looking at it, "to all appearances, has not been holystoned for some years. The Cruise of the Jasper B. Shall we holystone the decks, or scrub the lee scuppers? The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem "The seas are pretty heavy and the decks are being holystoned for nothing, but I wouldn't like to have any of you washed overboard by mistake." Brewster's Millions They said her decks were as white as snow,— holystoned every morning, like a man-of-war's; everything on board ``ship-shape and Bristol fashion''; a fine crew, three mates, a sailmaker and carpenter, and all complete. Two Years Before the Mast The uncarpeted floor of narrow boards is caulked and holystoned like a deck. Heartbreak House And it bore little or no resemblance to the book as we have it now—now that the salaried polisher has holystoned all of the genuine Eddyties out of it. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories The holystone is a large, soft stone, smooth on the bottom, with long ropes attached to each end, by which the crew keep it sliding fore and aft, over the wet, sanded decks. Two Years Before the Mast He had the floor of the portion we dwelt in holystoned every week; and numberless little racks and shelves were fitted up all over the house. Stories by English Authors: Africa (Selected by Scribners) The holystone is a large, soft stone, smooth on the bottom, with long ropes attached to each end, by which the crew keep it sliding fore and aft over the wet sanded decks. Two Years Before the Mast Smaller hand-stones, which the sailors call ``prayer-books,'' are used to scrub in among the crevices and narrow places, where the large holystone will not go. Two Years Before the Mast The "Philadelphia Catechism" is, "Six days shalt thou labor and do all thou art able, And on the seventh—holystone the decks and scrape the cable." Two Years Before the Mast They said her decks were as white as snow—holystoned every morning, like a man-of-war's; everything on board "shipshape and Bristol fashion;" a fine crew, three mates, a sailmaker and carpenter, and all complete. Two Years Before the Mast Smaller hand-stones, which the sailors call "prayer-books," are used to scrub in among the crevices and narrow places, where the large holystone will not go. Two Years Before the Mast The ``Philadelphia Catechism'' is ``Six days shalt thou labor and do all thou art able, And on the seventh,— holystone the decks and scrape the cable.'' Two Years Before the Mast |
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