Look up: oakum

1. Oakum
   Oakum is a loose fibre obtained by unravelling old rope. It is used especially for caulking seams in wooden ships. Unravelling old ropes, a practice known as picking oakum, was a common employment in 19th century workhouses and prisons.
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2. oakum
   [n] - loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes
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3. oakum
   hemp or untwisted rope used for calking joints. Category: Building industry
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4. Oakum
   Loose hemp or jute fiber that is impregnated with tar or pitch and used to caulk large seams or for packing plumbing pipe joints.
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5. Oakum
   Oak'um noun [ Anglo-Saxon ācumba ; prefix ... (cf.G. er- , Goth. us- , orig. meaning, out) + cemban to comb, camb comb. See Comb .] 1. The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose ...
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6. oakum
   noun loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships
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7. Oakum
   • (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc. • (n.) The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling.
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8. Oakum
   - Loose hemp or jute fiber that's impregnated with tar or pitch and used to caulk large seams or for packing plumbing pipe joints
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9. oakum
   loosely twisted hemp fibers, impregnated with tar, used in rope. Picking oakum apart was common busywork in the prison or workhouse. The separated oakum was then used to caulk ships. Oliver picked oakum at the workhouse in Oliver Twist.
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10. Oakum
    `Oakum` is a preparation of tarred fiber used in shipbuilding, for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels and the deck planking of iron and steel ships, as well as cast iron plumbing applications. Oakum was at one time recycled from old tarry ropes and cordage, which were painst...
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