"Holystone" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... this odorous place were sawing wood in an unsynchronous chorus. No one seemed to be about, so he seized a pail half filled with sujee, a block of holystone, ...
— Peter the Brazen - A Mystery Story of Modern China • George F. Worts
... it comes off from the coast of Africa," remarked Ben Yool, who was at the wheel, and from his age privileged to speak on such a matter. "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 • W.H.G. Kingston |
