Translations for „oakum“ in the English » Arabic Dictionary

oakum N

oakum

مِشْقَة

oakum (Objects)

مُشَاقَةُ الكَتَّان

oakum

oakum

نُسَالَةُ الكَتّان

oakum

مشاقة قنب مقيرة للجلفطة

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English

The first was picking oakum for sale.

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Only about 20% hemp fiber input goes into the standard pulp area and are here mostly in lower quality (untreated oakum high shive content added) wood pulps.

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Found in the cracks of the floorboards were needles, pins, thimbles, oakum, string and buttons.

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They tried to repair the rafts, using what remained of their own clothes as oakum to plug holes, but they lost the rafts to a large wave.

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Many tasks are akin to oakum picking (you can look it up for homework) or rock breaking in the 19th century penal system.

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The oakum is stripped from her bottom seams and the men are forced to work at the pumps watch and watch to keep the ship afloat.

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The women also did spinning, knitting, straw plaiting, washing, cleaning duties and if in third class, rock breaking and oakum picking.

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Female prisoners picked oakum, knitted stockings or sewed.

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This labour included the picking of oakum, rock breaking and wood chopping.

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Other mills created oakum, used to fill cracks in ships, and cotton duck, a heavy woven cotton fabric.

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