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OAKHAM or OAKUM to OPEN with a place
OAKHAM or OAKUM
OAKHAM, or OAKUM, the substance into which old ropes are reduced, when they are untwisted, loosened, and drawn asunder. It is principally used to drive into the seams, or intervals, between the planks of a ship, to prevent the water from entering. See the article CAULKING.White OAKUM, is that which is formed of untarred ropes.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 207, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0900.html