| 单词 | oakum |
| 例句 | His crew appeared busy swabbing decks and picking oakum, but their gazes kept drifting toward the quarterdeck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He smelled the tar and oakum of the deck as he slept and he smelled the smell of Africa that the land breeze brought at morning. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He even smelled right—like oakum and wood shavings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Their masts were bound about with oakum, or pieces of fazeled ropes, and armed against all shot. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The outer timbers were tightly caulked with oakum, like a ship, and the whole was payed over with pitch. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Useful methods of applying these are by the medium of borated cotton, oakum, tow, or spongiopiline, covered with oiled silk or the Lister protective material. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z If we apply the same reasoning to the Bible, Justice North will send us to pick oakum here, and we shall be burned for ever hereafter. The Christian Creed; or, What it is Blasphemy to Deny 2012-03-14T02:00:26.310Z The floor itself was calked with plaster of Paris and common paste, then two inches of Manilla oakum was thrown over it, and upon this a canvas carpet was spread. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z He had a flowing wig and beard of oakum, and was, in all points, “made-up” for Neptune himself. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The convict prison, also on the top of the island, was virtually the barracks for 900 labourers, who were more profitably employed than in walking a treadmill or picking oakum. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Between them the two collaborators soon had a fine heap of oakum ready for use, and a couple of days' hard work at low tide sufficed to caulk all the seams. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z “He that believeth not shall be imprisoned and pick oakum,” says Mr. Justice North. The Christian Creed; or, What it is Blasphemy to Deny 2012-03-14T02:00:26.310Z But, alas! plank beds, loathsome food, menial offices, and oakum picking do not spiritualise the soul; at any rate, they did not spiritualise Oscar Wilde’s soul. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z He then stuffed oakum and brimstone between the keel and the stern-post, and set the rudder on fire. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z "I am going to blow up the steamer," replied the captain, who held in his hand a tin pan filled with burning oakum, chips, and other combustible material. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z Caulk′er, one who caulks: a dram: a big lie—also Cauk′er; Caulk′ing; Caulk′ing-ī′ron, an instrument like a chisel used for pressing oakum into the seams of ships. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z And it thus came to pass, I regret to relate, That these earnest, industrious, well-meaning Peers, The pride of their order, the stay of the State, Were condemned to pick oakum for twenty-one years! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, November 5, 1887 2011-09-19T02:00:10.183Z "I will take her as I would a glass, and in need will wind oakum around her, because I have given my word; death alone will prevent me from keeping it," answered the knight. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z A pauper he lived for many a day, picking oakum and wishing to be free. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z The influence of those tall masts at the foot of the street began to be felt, although the signs as yet did not speak of oakum or ships’ stores. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Fires were kindled, pitch melted, oakum, and all things necessary, were found in my stores. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z "When you're tired of oakum and a plank bed," I began.... The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z "We must give our convict his dose of oakum sweet, mi ladi, before we dig the murdered man out of his grave." Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z She was dilapidated now, with runny patches of tar and oakum dotting her from bow to stern. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He cleaned out his cell, polished his tin drinking cup, turned the crank, and picked the oakum like the rest. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z While he was thus engaged, the first mate, under the captain's personal supervision, was fumigating the cabin by burning in it a bunch of oakum over which was scattered a small quantity of tobacco. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z We want her sides calked with oakum, an' well scraped an' painted, so that with water inside of her or outside of her she won't leak. The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine 2011-03-15T02:00:14.097Z We want her sides caulked with oakum, an' well scraped an' painted, so that with water inside of her or outside of her she won't leak. The Dusantes A Sequel to "The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine" 2011-03-06T03:00:18.327Z It was like a lady set down to pick oakum! Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z We found they were set to work to pick an almost impossible quantity of oakum, and if they failed to pick the allotted quantity, they were kept in the tramp ward for two days. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z In other parts the water was not sufficiently agitated to wash off the oakum and the wool. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z But, as he wished much to go again, his mother bought for him a wretched little ship and loads it with oakum, and tar, and resin, and he goes on his voyage. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z Already your nostrils crinkled to the lure of tar and oakum. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Hunt in the pantry for alcohol—you'll find some there; get a basin outer the galley, an' a bunch of oakum from the fo'castle. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z Farther still, and the rap, rap, incessant rap, of the caulkers’ hammers were heard as they drove in the tarry oakum between the seams of the wooden vessels. A Little World When it came under the leak, the suction that carried in the water, carried in with it the oakum and wool from the surface of the sail. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z They were caulked with oakum, on the top of which, to a third of the total depth, hot asphalt was run. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" This was to draw under the ship's bottom a sail, to which were fastened oakum, flax, and other light substances. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 "You can't bring her to now, lad," Bob shouted as the boy ran into the galley with the basin of alcohol-saturated oakum. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z "Now," said Chips, as the sailors call the carpenter, "if we had a little oakum to caulk these seams we should be all right." Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies He looked over her side and saw that she was spewing oakum from her seams, while she settled lower and lower in the water. Beggars on Horseback He had no objection to trade in rags any more than in hides or tallow or oakum, and some gum which did not "breathe of Araby the blest." Tony Butler In some cases no work at all is exacted from the casual poor, but where it is, the demand appears to be chiefly for picking oakum and breaking stones. About London Let the population who now heave sighs pound oyster-shells, let those who pick quarrels pick oakum, and we need no income-tax! A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The fibres of grass were torn and drawn into fine threads, and these made passable oakum, which was thrust into the seams between the layers of bark until they were thoroughly stopped. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies They told him he should begin the next morning at six o'clock to pick oakum, and work at that until they could get him a place. Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read It was a clumsy affair, and they were glad that they had enough oakum and pitch along to make her fairly water-tight. To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon The masts creaked and groaned; the planks quivered; the oakum became loose in the seams; and on the second day out it was found that the vessel had sprung a leak. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier "If I had lived in his day, I'd have set him picking oakum, for all that!" he replied. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance And the poor half-starved wretches struggling with the impossible stint of oakum in a casual ward, they too are free! New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism He looked voracious— "Ah," said he, with a savage growl, "that's your sort; thunder and oakum, I'm as peckish as a shark, and here's the duff for me!" The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes Care should be taken not to allow the wound to close too rapidly, to prevent which a tent of lint or oakum should be introduced. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle He dreads the prospect of daily exercise on the treadmill, he loathes the idea of picking oakum, and his gorge rises at the thought of brown bread and skilly. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) I ask no end of pardons, chevalier, for having made you balance things on your nose, and for having led you to chew oakum in order to spit fire during the voyage. A Romance of the West Indies The joints in this drainpipe should be made with lead, ramming some oakum into the joints first and then pouring in enough lead melted to the right degree to provide an inch depth of joint. Rural Hygiene “Some progressive journals hope to see me picking oakum for the benefit of the state.” Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck A fire was built over which the smoke of melting pitch ascended, while oakum was filling the seams of the boat's sides under the hands of the new ship-builder. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska After these outside planks are all on, the calkers begin their work, which consists in filling in the spaces between the planks with oakum, mallets and calking-irons being used for this purpose. Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly So the mate went back and he put three piles of oakum, one up in the bow, and one in the stern, and one half way between the two. The Sandman: His Sea Stories The men took tallow and oakum and roughly calked the seams of this boat, so that it was possible to get it across the river to Fort Smith eventually. Young Alaskans in the Far North We could build her of one-and-a-half-inch planks, fill the seams well with oakum, and give her a couple of coats of paint. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson Nothin’ more needed than to pour the sparmacety into it, chuck a bit o’ oakum on the top, an’ set all ablaze. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea The space between the spigot and hub is half filled with oakum or dry hemp. The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) And he told the mate to take with him a good supply of oil and some oakum and to set fire to the wreck as soon as he was through with her. The Sandman: His Sea Stories In return for board and lodging for his terrier and himself, the man would have picked oakum—furiously: but not in Hampshire. Anthony Lyveden His head was graced with a large wig and beard made of tarred oakum. A Sailor of King George In this was inserted with due care a quantity of the fibre, obtained by “picking” the old ropes into oakum. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea The office of the oakum is to prevent the cement from getting on the inside of the pipe. The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) You pay, as an amateur, for that pleasure, and you employ your fifty men in picking oakum, or begging, rioting, and thieving. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing His fingers found what he wanted, an opening between two planks, where a leak had been freshly calked with oakum. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Johnny Bacach is a good singer; it is what he used to be doing in the fairs, if the oakum of the gaol did not give him a hoarseness in the throat. The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays To stop small seams, by working in oakum with a knife or chisel—a temporary expedient. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It was caulked with oakum obtained from some of the least serviceable of the ropes of the brig, dipped in a resin that they found oozing from some trees. With Cochrane the Dauntless The spritsail was quilted with oakum and flax, and one of the top-gallant sails was prepared in the same manner, to see whether any thing would sink into the leak, but all in vain. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. From a source unseen, but cunningly selected to utilize wind and stream, fresh oil was poured on the water; the sides of the brigantine crackled and blistered with an overpowering stench of tar and oakum. Gold Out of Celebes "S'pose us was to hammer 'n out flat like an' nail un down to bottom, 'long wi' oakum an' drop o' white lead—what du 'ee say?" A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions A tool for clearing the pitch and oakum out of the seams, previous to their being caulked afresh. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Unobserved, he shoved this junk down the throat of the nine-pounder and wadded it fast with handfuls of oakum. Blackbeard: Buccaneer He handed a piece of the prepared oakum to one of the men, who ran off with it, and directly after Roy stepped back quickly and hurried into the house. The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War Blocked up on a tidewater slipway, every detail of the vessel was visible, even to the last fathom of oakum now being hammered into her port garboard seam. Gold Out of Celebes This piece of oakum is forced to the bottom of the hub, then another piece is put in. Elements of Plumbing Refuse of cordage, canvas, &c., used for making oakum, paper, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Just then Tom’s oakum blazed up behind me, to light up the vault with its sparkling stalactitic roof, glistening sides, and strangely-agitated water. The Golden Magnet "Oh, shut up about oakum," growled the other; "it isn't a joke." Jack O' Judgment They had also fitted plugs to these leaks, and packed them with oakum, so that when the carpenter made his rounds no water came in. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate The amount of lead and oakum required for various-sized joints is as follows: Pipe size............. Elements of Plumbing It is used in a hot state with oakum in caulking the ship to fill the chinks or intervals between her planks. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. “Light another piece of oakum, Tom,” I said hoarsely. The Golden Magnet The carpenter was at his bench, scattering white shavings around him; several were at work with heaps of oakum, spinning yarns. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. The planks are jointed at the edges so as to fit close, and the spaces between are stuffed with oakum, which is called calking. The Boat Club or, The Bunkers of Rippleton Second.—Half of the space between the hub and the pipe is first packed with oakum and then the other half filled with cement of the same proportions as that used above. Elements of Plumbing A wooden hammer, of which there are several sorts.—A caulking mallet is employed to drive the oakum into the seams of a ship. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Here he crammed oakum, brimstone and other combustibles between the rudder and the sternpost, and set the whole on fire. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 They won’t be very shapely, but they will serve to move the boat along, and the ends of the ropes will afford us oakum. Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs A Tale of Land and Sea A bland oil is pressed from the seeds, which is used by artists, and at Para the fibrous bark of the tree is used for calking ships, as a substitute for oakum. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture These fittings and pipe are joined by first caulking with oakum and pouring, with one continuous pour, the hub full of molten metal. Elements of Plumbing A caulker's tool for tearing oakum out of a seam, or stripping copper or sheathing from a ship's bottom. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. We now caulk a ship by forcing oakum into the seams. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) I saw him cautiously draw the huge iron ramrod from the thimbles, and then twisting a piece of oakum round its head, insert it into the barrel, where the oakum held it fast. Ran Away to Sea Put on the usual compresses; this time using oakum instead of folded cloths. Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society When it hardens, it becomes very hard and makes a tight joint which overcomes the objections to lead and oakum joints. Elements of Plumbing A box slung to a ship's side whereon a caulker can sit and use his irons; it contains his tools and oakum. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. But we caulk the ship or the seams, not the oakum. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) "I was down stowing away some oakum," he said, "an' I was sure I heard the lid close; but nobody answered me, an' I couldn't feel anybody." "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Stages being formed, the crew got on them, some cleaning the planks from the growth of seaweed, some extracting the caulking which was rotten, when the caulkers put in fresh oakum, and pitched it over. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold All joints in cast-iron pipe must be made with picked oakum and molten lead and caulked gas-tight. Elements of Plumbing After the oakum is driven in very hard, hot melted pitch or rosin is poured into the groove, to keep the water from rotting it. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Our diver did indeed stuff it with oakum in a way that at once diminished the influx of water; but this was merely a makeshift. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters As you look at the walls, you see the house is built of timbers, squared and notched together, and caulked with moss or oakum. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Some cartridges had been blown up between deck, in consequence of which a quantity of oakum, near the after-hatchway, close to the powder-room, was on fire. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold A wad of oakum is taken and forced into the hub with the yarning iron. Elements of Plumbing To clear the rigging of stops, rope-yarns, and pieces of oakum. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. If in spite of these measures the hemorrhage continues, plugging the nostrils with cotton, tow, or oakum, should be tried. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The walls are built of heavy timbers, laid one upon another, and caulked with moss or oakum. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses “Mr Leigh’s a lad as would stick to his men like pitch to a ball o’ oakum.” In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" The oakum is set and packed by using the yarning iron and hammer. Elements of Plumbing A fid or stopple made of leather or oakum fitting in the vent of a piece to stop it against weather, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Another recommendation is to saturate the oakum and bandages with an adhesive solution formed with gum arabic, dextrin, flour paste, or starch. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse All small animals are made up about the same as birds, wrapping the leg bones in tow, oakum or cotton and filling out the body with the same material. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration For tar they used the resin from the trees, for oakum they used blankets and old shirts. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole The oakum is forced tight enough to make a water-tight joint. Elements of Plumbing To pay a seam is to pour hot pitch and tar into it after caulking, to defend the oakum from the wet. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The balls of oakum are wet with this solution before they are applied to the wound. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse He had only a piece of board to serve as a shovel, and a handful of oakum. The Rival Crusoes One of them oakum eaters, that s what he was—an oakum eater. Fair Harbor If rope oakum is used, the strands of the rope can be used. Elements of Plumbing In ship carpentry, a hooked iron tool used when enlarging the butts for receiving a sufficient quantity of oakum. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. After either of these operations the wound is to be dressed with the oakum balls, saturated in the bichlorid of mercury solution, as previously directed, and the bandages tightly applied. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse I must have looked a weird object as I stepped ashore, tied up in rags, stuffed out with oakum, and wrapped in the bloody dogskins. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Greg lay on the floor, tightly bound hand and foot, a gag of oakum stuck in his mouth and securely held there by cloth tightly strapped in place. The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving After the oakum is well packed into place and the pipe is lined up and made straight, molten lead is poured in and the hub filled. Elements of Plumbing A term used by caulkers for opening the seams of the plank with reeming-irons, that the oakum may be more readily admitted. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The cleft of the frog and the grooves on its edges are then to be cleaned and well filled with dry calomel and the foot dressed with oakum and a roller bandage. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse I also frayed a small piece of rope into oakum and mixed it with the fat from the intestines of my dogs. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Sick of the very taste of that oakum stuff. The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving Once inside the workhouse, we were prisoners until at least eleven o'clock next morning whether the tale of stones were broken or no, or the strands of rope were or were not reduced to oakum. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography Also, the opening between the edges of the planks in the decks and sides of a ship; these are filled with a quantity of oakum and pitch, to prevent the entrance of water. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. When the granulations look red, dress the wound with oakum balls saturated in a weak solution of tincture of aloes or spirits of camphor and apply a roller bandage. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse In payment for his lodging, his two chunks of dry bread and his pint of skilly, he had been compelled to pick his quantum of oakum. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile "No; and I'll have to get the taste of that vile oakum out of my mouth before I can endure the taste of food," uttered Greg dismally. The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving A piece of old tarred rope, six or seven inches long and an inch and a half in diameter, had to be picked into fine oakum between seven o'clock in the morning and eleven. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography The pressure forces the tarred oakum into the openings, and thus, in part, arrests the ingress of water. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. When the slough is all detached, the remaining wound is to be treated with simple stimulating dressings, such as tincture of aloes or turpentine, oakum balls, and bandages as directed in punctured wounds. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Over the hole we might fix a wine bottle, with the bottom knocked out; and so fastened, with tow and oakum, that the water won't get in. For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes "I've just got to spit all the oakum taste out of my mouth before I want to do much talking." The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving The spaces between the planks are caulked—that is, stuffed with oakum; which substance is simply the untwisted tow of old and tarry ropes. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Also, the tools used by the caulkers for driving oakum into the seams. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Cover the frog with a thick pad of oakum, held in place by pieces of tin fitted to slide under the shoe, and return to slow work. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Just as he spoke, a torch made of tar and oakum was lighted, and revealed the crowded decks, the raging sea that sought to swallow them up, and the lifeboat surging violently alongside. The Lifeboat "Dead sore on oakum as a food," laughed Dan, grinning broadly. The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving Instead of oakum, cocoanut husk was used, and native cloth and dried banana stumps to caulk the seams, and make them watertight. Jarwin and Cuffy The tool used by caulkers to run old oakum out of the seams before inserting new. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. After a few days the wound will be covered with a new, white horn, and only the oakum and bandages will be needed. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Frequently he had tried bark and dried leaves; and once, when hard pressed, he had smoked oakum. Away in the Wilderness "I shall be, as soon as I get the oakum washed out of my mouth," grimaced Greg. The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving Maybe Nikel Sling could make a tasty dish out of it stewed in oakum and tar.” The Red Eric Canvas bags filled with oakum, used in heavy seas to stop the hawse-holes and prevent the water coming in. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Tampons, such as cotton, tow, or oakum, may be packed tightly in the wound and then sewed up. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The floors were carefully plastered with common paste, and covered with oakum a couple of inches deep, over which a carpet of canvas was spread. The World of Ice "Here are some of the cords you cut from Greg's wrists and ankles, and here's some of the oakum." The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving “I rather guess we should,” replied the cook, pausing the midst of his toils and wiping the perspiration from his forehead with an immense bundle of greasy oakum. The Red Eric Also, pieces of canvas stuffed with oakum and roped round, for plugging when the cables are bent. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. If the wound is aseptic, the dressing should be likewise, such as cotton gauze, sterile cotton, oakum, or tow. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Surely some of ye have picked oakum enough to understand what that means!” The Crew of the Water Wagtail Throw that oakum stuff away, or else hide it. The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving They had provided themselves with oakum, pitch, and other material; but the labor of sawing out the right kind of stuff would have taken weeks. Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them A heavy sail, as the sprit-sail, is closely thrummed with yarn and oakum, and drawn under the bottom: the pressure of the water drives the thrumming into the apertures. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The foot must now be poulticed for one or two days and afterwards dressed with a compress of oakum saturated with carbolic-acid solution or other antiseptic dressing. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The fibres of several plants served as oakum for caulking the planks; and two or three resinous trees afforded pitch for the seams, as also for paying over the outside. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco There Greg knelt and took in several mouthfuls, one after another, for the purpose of rinsing his mouth of that nauseating oakum taste. The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving “We’ve sprung a fearful leak, sir,” he exclaimed; “it’s my belief that the oakum is washed out of the seams, for already the water is rising above the ballast.” The Settlers A Tale of Virginia One who gathers oakum, driftwood, &c., along a beach. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The horse should be shod with a leather sole under the shoe, first of all applying tar and oakum to prevent any dirt from entering the wound. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse It answered the purpose, however, better than we had expected, and with mosses and dried grass we made up a substance which served instead of oakum. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler He then scrubbed me with a handful of oakum, which effectually took off the tar. Peter the Whaler Already great progress had been made with her; oakum sufficient to caulk her was formed from old cables and ropes. The Settlers A Tale of Virginia An iron fixed in a withy handle, sometimes only lashed to a stick or tree-nail, and used with a beetle by caulkers.—To horse-up, or harden in the oakum of a vessel's seams. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The addition of a leather sole with tar and oakum sole-packing allows us to distribute the weight of the body over the entire ground surface of the hoof. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse To prepare it a quantity of oakum was spread over the sail, and stitched down by the sail-makers, thus forming what seemed like an enormous mat. Paddy Finn Following them came a party of monsters in green dresses with long tails, and heads covered by oakum wigs. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures At first we thought he was dead; but a second glance showed us that a gag, made out of a thole-pin and a lump of oakum, had been put into his mouth. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors To wedge up an opening with any soft material, as oakum. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Bird had brought some oakum, which was forced in between the seams with a chisel, and as the party surveyed their work, they had reason to hope that the boat would at all events swim. The Three Admirals Two hawsers were at length got under the ship’s bottom, when the sail filled with oakum was hauled over the part where the worst leaks were supposed to exist. The Three Lieutenants These are then hung up to dry in the sun, and have very much the appearance of bunches of oakum. In the Eastern Seas “Some of my brave fellows have been half-drowned in diving, trying to plug from inside, using yards to force bags of oakum into the holes.” The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise Also, the piece of oakum with which the vent of a gun is plugged. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The material to be fired was composed of oakum mixed with gunpowder, canvas saturated with oil, and bundles of shavings kept together with pieces of iron hoop. The Three Admirals Flights of mosquitoes came buzzing and biting them, unmercifully revelling in the youngster’s fresh blood, till some oakum set on fire, with fresh leaves thrown on it, put the miscreant insects to the rout. The Three Lieutenants In the same way he found substitutes for oakum, pitch, and paint, and everything he required.” In the Eastern Seas But I have plenty of ship stores; canvas, oakum, and pitch. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise There, that will do; lay the oakum there, and pour the spirits over it. Middy and Ensign The operation is as follows: A sail is stretched out and masses of oakum are fastened on to one side, so as to give it the appearance of a large rug of great thickness. The Three Admirals “Look here, I’ll get the armourer to make you a wig out of some oakum.” The Black Bar Would a plug of oakum keep the water out?” The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap You must get some oakum, and dye it black. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser He invented a machine for picking oakum, which machine is said to be in use to-day in all the essential particulars of its original form by the shipbuilding interests of Maine, especially at Bath. The Colored Inventor A Record of Fifty Years First came Triton mounted as before, then a company of sea-gods or constables dressed in oakum and swabs, but having their arms and shoulders bare, excepting the paint which bedaubed them. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 The men were cleaning their arms as if they took pride in the task, not like paupers picking oakum; others were laughing loudly, or playing like schoolboys, and Harry noticed they were all black. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War But how in the name o’ oakum did you two gents manage to get in here? The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap Directly after I had Ching supplied from the purser’s stores with plenty of fine oakum and a couple of bottles of ink. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser It was forethought on the part of the Professor to put in a supply of the oakum used for caulking purposes. The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns The boat was soon mended and the new section of plank caulked with oakum, and shortly after midday the trap boat was again afloat, and quite as serviceable as before the accident. Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North Reuben went back in the forecastle and got some tools, a piece of old sailcloth, and a large bundle of oakum; and then made his way with the two sailors down into the after hold. A Final Reckoning A Tale of Bush Life in Australia If the sea rots 'em, I'll have the whole estate careened, and its bottom pitched and its seams stopped with oakum. The Blue Pavilions Make him do up some of our lads with pigtails made of blackened oakum, and in duck-frocks they’d do at a distance.” Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser Despair almost overtook Harry, and he moved from one point to the next with the oakum and the caulking tool. The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns Spruce gum mixed with blubber oil took the place of oakum and tar below the water-line. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward Then he set to work to jam down sail cloth and oakum between this barrier and the plank that had started, driving it down with a marlinespike and mallet. A Final Reckoning A Tale of Bush Life in Australia Their thole-pins had been wrapped with oakum and their crews sat whispering, ready, with muffled oars. The Mayor of Troy There was no oakum for the purpose, so she tore up some garments that neither she nor Jean could spare. Where the Sun Swings North Luckily for us, you insisted on our carrying a bunch of that oakum along, Frank. The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery In place of oakum the tattered garments of the soldiers were used. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III To stop a boat leaking you "chinch" the seams with oakum. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour A tampion, or wad, of oakum or the like, was rammed down between the cartridge and the ball, and a second wad kept the ball in place. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. One of their number was chosen to play the part of “Old Clem,” was attired in a great coat, and wore a mask, a long white beard, and an oakum wig. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan It hasn't been used for some years, and is apt to be in poor shape, but I've got some oakum and a calking tool. The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery If wrapped in cotton or oakum they are generally defaced. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. Meanwhile I had frayed out a small piece of rope into oakum, and mixed it with fat from the intestines of my dogs. Adrift on an Ice-Pan The wads were made of soft wood, oakum, hay, straw, or "other such like." On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. Then he patiently picked an old piece of tarred rope into oakum, and caulked it into the seams with a sharpened gate-hinge. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book I calked the seams the best way I could, but the wood's a bit rotten, and there's always danger that the oakum may work loose. The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery Tarred canvas or oakum should be prepared to shove into the shot-holes before the patches of board or lead are nailed on. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. They dug the compacted oakum from the seams with their knives, and by iron rings in each corner, now eaten with rust to almost the thinness of wire, they lifted the hatch. Great Sea Stories The steam blew the flaming pitch all around; the oakum caught fire, and the ship was immediately in a blaze. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth The best way is to use four-inch cast iron pipe, calking all joints with oakum and lead. If You're Going to Live in the Country Another shot was fired two or three inches higher, and the four holes were then plugged up with oakum. With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent The shavings are picked into oakum to be stuffed into mattresses. Arbor Day Leaves A Complete Programme For Arbor Day Observance, Including Readings, Recitations, Music, and General Information The hut, both walls and roof, was built of old planks, more or less covered with tar, whose chinks were stopped with oakum, and dry wreckage was heaped up against it. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 Then Eb hands me the steerin' ropes while he whittles some pressed oakum off the end of a brunette plug and loads his pipe. On With Torchy If so, make them tight with batten strips or, if very loose, calk them with oakum. If You're Going to Live in the Country The oakum was pulled out and thrown overboard, and the water rushed in. With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent Soak foot in hot water, apply Pratts Peerless Hoof Ointment and cover with oakum. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry The hold was about half full of cotton bales, railroad ties, oakum, resin, and the like, and they descended to them by means of a scaling ladder, clambering thence toward the forward bulkhead. Dan Merrithew "If not, you'll find yourself in the care of a paternal Government--I tell you--picking oakum." Adrien Leroy Generally quarter-round molding, carefully fitted and securely nailed is sufficient but occasionally wide, uneven cracks have to be closed with oakum, putty, or crack filler before the molding is put in place. If You're Going to Live in the Country On ripping off the sheathing, it was found to be in the seams, which were very open, both in and under the wale, and, in several places, not a bit of oakum in them. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 The children picked over the oakum, the Captain fitted the rigging, and the Indian and Mrs. Godfrey tried their hands at making a mainsail. Young Lion of the Woods A Story of Early Colonial Days Baubie Wishart presented none of these characteristics: her face was simply filthy; her hair was a red-brown, loosened tangle that reminded one painfully of oakum in its first stage. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. They make honey from this tree; also oakum with which to calk ships, which lasts in the water, when that from here would rot. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. They each had bits of unstranded old junk in their hands, and, with a sort of stoical self-content, were picking the junk into oakum, a small heap of which lay by their sides. The Piazza Tales Most of the running-tackle of the ship had been used for macaroni soup; all the leather work, our shoes included, had been devoured in omelettes; with oakum and tar we had made fairly supportable salad. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales It was found to have been occasioned by the falling of some sheathing from the larboard-bow, and the oakum between the planks having been washed out. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time In a twinkling they had broken open a boatswain's locker, and, with great bunches of oakum, fine and dry as tinder, had leaped into the steerage. Israel Potter Carron now desired the council at Batavia to send him some cannon, packed in casks filled with oakum or cotton, along with some other casks of the same form filled with spices. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time They then prepared a sail with oakum and tar, and got it over the stern, in order, by passing it under the keel, to stop the leak. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 In all preparation of hemp and oakum dust is excessive; far beyond that of the cotton-mill, which itself breeds consumption. Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future On coming to the side of a lake he made his trough water-tight with oakum, and converted it into a little boat. Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian Here, while Paul made a blaze, Israel ran to collect the tar-pots, which being presently poured on the burning matches, oakum and wood, soon increased the flame. Israel Potter It was of wine, spices, oakum, wool, and hides. London River The best way to tamp, leaving an air space, is first to insert a wad, which may be of oakum, hay, grass, paper or other similar material. Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 The bark of this tree makes excellent oakum for that part of ships which is under water, but does not answer when exposed to the sun and air. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time We confine them in workhouse-cells and make them break stones or pick oakum; whipping was the solution adopted by our forefathers. Vanishing England As for being locked up, I prefer Cuninghame Graham’s way of taking it, that he meant ‘to beat the record on oakum!’ Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) And it was only by keeping the pumps clanging, that she managed to swim into a Tahitian harbor, "heave down," and have her wound dressed by a ship-surgeon with tar and oakum. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I The coir, or fibre which envelopes the shell within the outer husk, for mattresses, cushions, ropes, cables, cordage, canvass, fishing-nets, fuel, brushes, oakum, and floor mats. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 The outer rhind of the nut stamped serves as oakum for caulking ships, and the hard inner shell serves for spoons and other utensils for holding food or drink. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Pitch, oakum, and grease, which are not to be had here, could be made without any further cost. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century In the summer I picks peas and fruit; when autumn comes I picks hops; in the winter I picks pockets; and when I'm caught I picks oakum. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor After they were slung clear of the ship, they were held in position until a pad of canvas and oakum was inserted between them and the side. Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" Bat within three glasses, the oakum being washed out, the leak increased as before. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Pepys describes a sailor who had lost his eye in action having the socket plugged with oakum, a fact which tells more than could a volume of how seamen were then cared for. The Naval Pioneers of Australia The caulker had filled it up with oakum from the inside, since which she had made but little water lying at an anchor. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 They had, however, replaced in the flask a sort of bung made of tarred oakum, which had been used to cork it. The Man Who Laughs Oakum, name given to fibres of old tarry ropes sundered by teasing, and employed in caulking the seams between planks in ships; the teasing of oakum is an occupation for prisoners in jails. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The 11th, we again fitted our sprit-sail with oakum and let it down again, when it pleased God so to favour us, that in an hour after our ship was tighter than ever. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time From the useless little vessel which, had belonged to the Rackbirds he gathered some bits of old rope, and having cut these into short pieces, he proceeded to pick them into what sailors call oakum. The Adventures of Captain Horn Tying up the heads in large pieces of rag, I fastened the big masks to the fronts of the globular bundles and covered in the remainder with masses of oakum to form appropriate wigs. The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta To replace the ship's bow lantern they set fire to, and suspended at the stem, a large block of wood covered with oakum and tar. The Man Who Laughs The floors were carefully plastered with common paste and covered with oakum a couple of inches deep, over which a carpet of canvas was spread. The World of Ice We are not going in for oakum picking and stone breaking. Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" Treadmill, oakum, skilly, and the rest—one may as well go through with them quietly, for fear of something worse. Essays in Rebellion Moderate storms I could keep out by filling the chinks with oakum. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself ‘Ho, no, I didn’t, matron,’ returned the Chief, with another pull at her oakum, and a very expressive look at the enemy’s forehead. The Uncommercial Traveller I might have been assassinated three hours ago by that one-eyed monster with the oakum head. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people Then, we looked into the store-room; where there was an oakum smell, and a nautical seasoning of dreadnought clothing, rope yarn, boat-hooks, sculls and oars, spare stretchers, rudders, pistols, cutlasses, and the like. Reprinted Pieces The poor thing, strained beyond endurance by the gale, had, as if in disgust, spat out all the oakum of her lower seams. Youth, a Narrative If they do not finish picking their oakum before 7 p.m., they stay up till they do. In Darkest England and the Way Out The Refractories were picking oakum, in a small room giving on a yard. The Uncommercial Traveller The long end is placed in the mouth, which already holds concealed a sponge, or preferably a ball of oakum, saturated with pure gasoline. The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé He has found a cupboard in one ward in which oakum is stored, and he loves to steal in there and "pick oakum", amusing himself as long as is permitted. In Flanders Fields and Other Poems His legs are padded with tar and oakum, and if a dog bites a bit out of him, it will take that dog weeks to pick his teeth clean. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories For this you have to break 10 cwt. of stones, or pick 4 lbs. of oakum. In Darkest England and the Way Out ‘And wen you’re sent to prison for nothink or less!’ said the Chief, tugging at her oakum as if it were the matron’s hair. The Uncommercial Traveller A wad of oakum will give better results than the sponge. The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé The porter when I had paid him went out to his trolly and returned with a huge mat of oakum, as ugly a thing as I have ever set eyes upon. The Stark Munro Letters Yet we should oftener look over the tafferel of our craft, like curious passengers, and not make the voyage like stupid sailors picking oakum. Walden The old system was bad enough, which demanded the picking of one pound of oakum. In Darkest England and the Way Out It can be done to advantage only in dry weather, for it is useless to put wet oakum into a seam. My Bondage and My Freedom The air was full of a smell pleasantly compounded of oakum, of leather, and of oil. The Rise of Silas Lapham He states that a growing youth among his ship's passengers was in the constant habit of appeasing his hunger with soap and oakum between meals. The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories At length, however, he came to the steward's entremets, or he began to stuff what he, himself, had called "oakum," into the chinks of his dinner. Homeward Bound or, the Chase You have to break 10 cwt. of stone, or pick four pounds of oakum. In Darkest England and the Way Out His bones seemed softened, his flesh had a sound like damp oakum. L'Assommoir Pieces of absorbent cotton or oakum may be used in washing and cleaning the scrotum. Common Diseases of Farm Animals The membranes, like a monk's The throat, like a pincushion cowl. stuffed with oakum. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 "I shall never get these confounded tar-stains out of my fingers," cried Harry, rubbing them hard with a bit of oakum, steeped in strong suds. Redburn. His First Voyage Four pounds of oakum is a great task to an expert and an old hand. In Darkest England and the Way Out "Better stick to his law-books," the Admiral had said, after singing out some of the rhyme of it to the tune of "Billy Benbow"; "never sit on the wool-sack by spewing oakum this way." Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War It did help to kill time, and it was less troublesome than picking oakum. Prisoner for Blasphemy Any pitch, any oakum, or anything about the place? Growth of the Soil At other times, they set me to picking oakum, like a convict, which hempen business disagreeably obtruded thoughts of halters and the gallows; or whittling belaying-pins, like a Down-Easter. Redburn. His First Voyage If you have not this at hand, a little tar mixed with salt, and placed on oakum or tow, and applied, will do nearly as well. The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put Quite as often, he would be brushing out their touch-holes with a little wisp of oakum, like a Chinese barber in Canton, cleaning a patient's ear. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War Mr. Truelove tells me that they made him pick oakum in prison till his fingers were raw, and laughed at him for complaining. Prisoner for Blasphemy This opened a crack through which a small stream of water must constantly pour, each hour rendering the leak more dangerous by loosening the oakum, and raising the plank from its curvature. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers He had hopes that by means of this device he would be able to nail the bottom plank to this, and then caulk it with oakum, so making the boat almost so sound as ever. The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" Continued preparation of maps; party employed in preparations for the journey to the Gulf of Carpentaria, camp duties, and preparing oakum for the schooner. Journals of Australian Explorations "Junk," old rope, is from the Latin juncus, a bulrush,—the material used along the Mediterranean shore for calking; "oakum," from the Saxon oecumbe, or hemp. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 Louie, the Dane, said that while the Claimant was on board his ship he amused himself by picking oakum and reading "The Garden of the Soul." The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) The condition of the pitch and oakum pointed out the precise spots that needed attention, and the caulking-irons were immediately set at work. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers "How did you like picking oakum for the Yankees, Sandy?" asked Zenas. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 "Junk," the sailor contemptuously called it, likening it, in point of texture, digestibility and nutritive properties, to the product of picked oakum, which it in many respects strongly resembled. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore Your head will be shaved—your hands worn and blackened and your nails broken with the picking of oakum. The Head of the House of Coombe "Our way of business, sir," she said, "takes him much from home, and my husband must be the slave of every tarry jacket that wants but a pound of oakum." The Fortunes of Nigel He'd lean on his shotgun and say, 'Hurry up, Fatty; it's getting late and there's a ton of oakum to pick.' The Iron Trail "Nae oakum picked I," said Sandy with an air of grim determination. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 The carpenter cut part of the lining and filled the space between the timbers with Stockholm tar, cement, and oakum. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition The thought of paying that for nothing—worse than nothing, for six months in jail!—in an English jail!—pick oakum!—eat skilly!—that thought brought me to my senses. The Ivory Trail The few laborers aboard would take an occasional wheel, pick oakum, and yarn their unadventurous yarns. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers At nighttime the maid enters your room, seals the windows, pulls down the shades, locks the shutters, closes the curtains, draws the draperies—and then, I think, calks all the cracks with oakum. Europe Revised Are you absolutely obliged to straighten at once what is crooked? to stuff every hole with some kind of oakum? Beyond Good and Evil When he was home from sea he and I stuck together like hot pitch and oakum. The Portygee Add to this that, with labouring so long and severely, some of the ship's seams began now to open and shut and discharge the oakum, which is terrible to the bravest seamen. Hard Cash The seamen ran to the gaping seams with oakum and with tar. Sir Nigel What are you looking so sour about, you oakum trimmed lobster? The Four Million If it doesn't, there'll be a bust up that may end in fitting out a high-toned promoter or so in a striped yellow-and-black Jersey suit and set him to breaking rocks or playing with oakum. T. Tembarom Here, after all, is the same sentiment, only translated into nineteenth-century language; uses corrogated iron sheds, and cups of tea, and oakum matting. Our Village The powder crackled, fizzed, and spluttered and spilled out the excess of gasolene from the flaming oakum balls so that streams of fire dripped down on the main deck beneath. The Mutiny of the Elsinore She received a good character in the governor's books; she had picked her daily quantity of oakum, had never deserved the extra punishment of the treadmill, and had been civil and decorous in her language. Mary Barton Yes;—and they may depend upon it, the grim Parish-beadles of this Universe are out on the track of them, and oakum and the correction-house are infallible sooner or later! History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 With delight I sniffed the odors of salt water, sun-dried herring, of oakum and tar. The Log of the Jolly Polly Some were set to scrubbing and cleaning, others to picking oakum, and eight of us were convoyed across the street to the Whitechapel Infirmary where we were set at scavenger work. The People of the Abyss This necessary garment was fastened upon him by cords of tarred oakum in guise of braces. Sons of the Soil If she has good teeth, she is almost sure to have scrawny hands, or muddy eyes, or hair like oakum, or no chin. In Defense of Women By "love," without hope except of peaceably teasing oakum, or fear except of a temporary loss of dinner, he was to guide these men, and wisely constrain them,—whitherward? Latter-Day Pamphlets He wore a beard and mustache of the oakum complexion, and his attire was altogether more elegant than one ordinarily sees on the prairie. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life “But suppose, after you’ve had your night’s sleep, you refuse to pick oakum, or break stones, or do any work at all?” The People of the Abyss “Then you’ve got to do your task, pick four pounds of oakum, or clean an’ scrub, or break ten to eleven hundredweight o’ stones. The People of the Abyss |
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