From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pack \Pack\ (p[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packed} (p[a^]kt); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Packing}.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan.
pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See {Pack}, n.]
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.
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Strange materials packed up with wonderful art.
--Addison.
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Where . . . the bones
Of all my buried ancestors are packed. --Shak.
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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.
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3. To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as
to secure the game unfairly; to stack[3] (the deck).
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And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.
--Pope.
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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.
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The expected council was dwindling into . . . a
packed assembly of Italian bishops. --Atterbury.
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5. To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot. [Obs.]
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He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely
devised and packed by his enemies. --Fuller.
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6. To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to
pack a horse.
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Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey.
--Shack.
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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.
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He . . . must not die
Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven.
--Shak.
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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.]
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9. (Hydropathy) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within
numerous coverings. See {Pack}, n., 5.
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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.
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11. To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something;
specif. (Hydropathy), to envelop in a wet or dry sheet,
within numerous coverings.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Packing \Pack"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of one who packs.
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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.
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3. (Masonry) Same as {Filling}. [Rare in the U. S.]
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4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] --Bale.
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{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. --Waddell.
{Packing box}, a stuffing box. See under {Stuffing}.
{Packing press}, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool,
hay, etc.
{Packing ring}. See {Packing}, 2
(c), and Illust. of {Piston}.
{Packing sheet}.
(a) A large cloth for packing goods.
(b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
packing
n 1: any material used especially to protect something [syn:
{packing material}, {packing}, {wadding}]
2: the enclosure of something in a package or box [syn:
{packing}, {boxing}]
3: carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking of
oxygen is essential for astronauts" [syn: {packing},
{backpacking}]
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