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oakum

English

Etymology

From Middle English okome, from Old English ?cumba (“oakum”, literally “that which has been combed out, off-combings”), a derivative of ?cemban (“to comb out”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- + *kambijan? (“to comb”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds-, *?d- (“out”) + *?omb?-, *?emb?- (“tooth, nail; to pierce, gnaw through”). More at out, comb.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /???k?m/

Noun

oakum (countable and uncountable, plural oakums)

A material, consisting of tarred fibres, used to caulk or pack joints in plumbing, masonry, and wooden shipbuilding.
The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in hackling.
- 1983, Peter Ackroyd, The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde:
  My eyesight began to fail, from the strain of picking oakum in my cell.

Synonyms

(flax or hemp fibers separated in hackling): tow, hards

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