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oakum Definition


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oakum
noun
    1. Pieces of old, usually tarred, rope untwisted and pulled apart, used to fill small holes and cracks in wooden boats and ships.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon acumba off-combings, from a- away from + cemban to comb.



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