Oakum vs. Tar

Oakumnoun

A material, consisting of tarred fibres, used to caulk or pack joints in plumbing, masonry, and wooden shipbuilding.

Oakumnoun

The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in hackling.

Oakumnoun

The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; - used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.

Oakumnoun

The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling.

Oakumnoun

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

Oakum

Oakum is a preparation of tarred fibre used to seal gaps. Its main traditional applications were in shipbuilding, for caulking or packing the joints of timbers in wooden vessels and the deck planking of iron and steel ships; in plumbing, for sealing joints in cast iron pipe; and in log cabins for chinking.

Tarnoun

(uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.

Tarnoun

Coal tar.

Tarnoun

(uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.

Tarnoun

A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.

Tarnoun

Black tar, a form of heroin.

Tarnoun

(computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix.

Tarnoun

(computing) A file produced by such a program.

Tarnoun

A Persian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.

Tarnoun

A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.

Tarverb

(transitive) To coat with tar.

Tarverb

(transitive) To besmirch.

Tarverb

To create a tar archive.

Tarnoun

A sailor; a seaman.

Tarnoun

A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it.

Tarverb

To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.

Tarnoun

any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

Tarnoun

a man who serves as a sailor

Tarverb

coat with tar;

Tarnoun

a dark, thick flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons, resins, alcohols, and other compounds. It is used in road-making and for coating and preserving timber.

Tarnoun

a substance resembling tar, formed by burning tobacco or other material

Tarnoun

a sailor.

Tarverb

cover (something) with tar

Tar

Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat.Mineral products resembling tar can be produced from fossil hydrocarbons, such as petroleum.