Junk, n.
Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making points, gaskets, mats, &c., and when untwisted and picked to pieces, it forms oakum for filling the seam of ships.
Found poetry from the first edition of Noah Webster's
American Dictionary of the English Language (1828).
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Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making points, gaskets, mats, &c., and when untwisted and picked to pieces, it forms oakum for filling the seam of ships.