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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
oakum/ˈəʊkəm/

▶noun chiefly historical loose fibre obtained by untwisting old rope, used especially in caulking wooden ships.

– origin OE ācumbe, lit. ‘off-combings’, of Gmc origin.

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