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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Oak·um n.
 1. The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.
 2. The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling.
 White oakum, that made from untarred rope.