rive — meaning in English
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English meaning
- oakum noun Rough fibers combed out of flax or hemp while preparing it for spinning.
Senses
rive is used for these senses in English:
- caulking A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
- oakum Fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope, which are used to caulk or pack gaps between boards of wooden ships and joints in masonry and plumbing, and sometimes for dressing wounds.
oakum — full definition
- noun Rough fibers combed out of flax or hemp while preparing it for spinning.
- noun Fibers pulled from old rope, used to fill gaps in wooden ships, walls and pipes, and sometimes to dress wounds.
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