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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Hemp products, Jute, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
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oakum
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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 WordNet 3.0
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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibre used to seal gaps. Wikipedia
Tarred fiber Wikidata
A material, consisting of tarred fibres, used to caulk or pack joints in plumbing, masonry, and wooden shipbuilding. Wiktionary
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fiber
material
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