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Definition of Oakum

Oakum
Oakum Oak"um, n. [AS. [=a]cumba; pref. ? (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 fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc. 2. The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling. --Knight. White oakum, that made from untarred rope.

Meaning of Oakum from wikipedia

- Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibers used to seal gaps. Its traditional application was in shipbuilding for caulking or ****ng the joints of timbers...
- A year later, the group released their first album with Decca, Smoke & Oakum. The Longest Johns formed in June 2012 after first singing together at a...
- caulking (also spelled calking) on wooden vessels uses fibers of cotton and oakum (hemp) soaked in pine tar. These fibers are driven into the wedge-shaped...
- Longest Johns in 2022 released a cover of the song as a part of their Smoke & Oakum album, and released an alternate recording version for their Made of Ale...
- separated from the shives. Flax tows are often used as upholstery stuffing and oakum. Tows in general are frequently cut up to produce staple fibre. The very...
- known as Hotel Lotus, the Market Apartments, Market Hotel, and the Silver Oakum Building), is a building in Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state...
- on Chewier, Oakum, & Zoemetra Seaweed - synths & bubbles on Oakum & kindling on Chewier John Egan - ney, blul, duduk & silver flute on Oakum & Zoemetra...
- been sentenced consisted of many hours of walking a treadmill and picking oakum (separating the fibres in s****s of old navy ropes), and where prisoners...
- such as breaking stones, crushing bones to produce fertiliser, or picking oakum using a large metal nail known as a spike. As the 19th century wore on,...
- Prisoners picking oakum at Coldbath Fields Prison in London, c. 1864...