Junk

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers.

(2): ( n.) Hard salted beef supplied to ships.

(3): ( n.) Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

(4): ( n.) A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

(5): ( n.) A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A Chinese boat with a flat bottom, a square prow, a high stern, and a pole for mast.