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

Fother :: Fother (v. t.) To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack..

Iron-sick :: Iron-sick (a.) Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.

Escape :: Escape (n.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation..

Leaky :: Leaky (superl.) Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask..

Pearlfish :: Pearlfish (n.) Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait..

Leaked :: Leaked (imp. & p. p.) of Lea.

Leak :: Leak (v.) A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe..

Raw :: Raw (superl.) Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind..

Leak :: Leak (n.) To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks..

Leaky :: Leaky (superl.) Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close.

Bleak :: Bleak (a.) Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.

Leakage :: Leakage (n.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking..

Water-tight :: Water-tight (a.) So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky..

Bleak :: Bleak (a.) Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast..

Blay :: Blay (a.) A fish. See Bleak, n..

Wastage :: Wastage (n.) Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste..

Leak :: Leak (n.) To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out..

Out :: Out (a.) Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out..

Paramo :: Paramo (n.) A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America..

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