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noun Packing n. 1.The act or process of one who packs. 2.Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close. Specifically (Mach.): A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious; as: (a)A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint. (b)The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides. (c)A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc. 3.(Masonry) Same as Filling. (Rare in the U. S.) 4.A trick; collusion. (Obs.) Cherd packing (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc., on a pin at the bottom of a chord. Packing box, a stuffing box. See under Stuffing. Packing press, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool, hay, etc. Packing sheet. (a)A large cloth for packing goods. (b)A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.
verb Pack v. t. (past & past part. packed; pres. part. packing) 1.To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as, to pack goods in a box; to pack fish. "Strange materials packed up with wonderful art." "Where... the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed." 2.To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater. 3.To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly; to stack (3) (the deck). "And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown." 4.Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; to stack (3); as, to pack a jury or a caucus. "The expected council was dwindling into... a packed assembly of Italian bishops." 5.To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot. (Obs.) " He lost life... upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies." 6.To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse. "Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey." 7.To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; to send packing; sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school. "He... must not die Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven." 8.To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts). (Western U.S.) 9.(Hydropathy) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5. 10.(Mech.) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine. 11.To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something; specif. (Hydropathy), To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
Pack v. i. 1.To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation. 2.To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well. 3.To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack. (Eng.) 4.To depart in haste; generally with off or away. "Poor Stella must pack off to town" "You shall pack, And never more darken my doors again." 5.To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. (Obs.) "Go pack with him." To send packing, to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. "The parliament... presently sent him packing."
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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