Usually means: Fibers used for caulking seams.
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  1. oakum: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. oakum: Merriam-Webster
  3. oakum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. oakum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. oakum: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. oakum: Wiktionary
  9. oakum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. oakum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  12. Oakum, oakum: Dictionary.com
  13. oakum: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Oakum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Oakum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. oakum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. oakum: Rhymezone
  18. Oakum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. oakum: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Oakum: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. oakum: FreeDictionary.org
  22. oakum: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. oakum: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  2. Oakum: Construction Glossary
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning.
noun:  Fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope, which are used to caulk or pack gaps between boards of wooden ships and joints in masonry and plumbing, and sometimes for dressing wounds.

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