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• Used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks
• Oakum is a loose fibre obtained by unravelling old rope
• The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling
• Loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes
• Loosely twisted hemp fibers, impregnated with tar, used in rope
• The remains of old ropes that have become untwisted or picked to pieces
• The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes
• Loose hemp or jute fiber that's impregnated with tar or pitch and used to caulk large seams or for p
• 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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