From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pack \Pack\ (p[a^]k), n. [Cf. {Pact}.]
A pact. [Obs.] --Daniel.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pack \Pack\, n. [Akin to D. pak, G. pack, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa,
Icel. pakki, Gael. & Ir. pac, Arm. pak. Cf. {Packet}.]
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1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a
bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a
bale, as of goods. --Piers Plowman.
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2. [Cf. {Peck}, n.] A number or quantity equal to the
contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. "A pack
of sorrows." "A pack of blessings." --Shak.
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Note: "In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of
wool, 240 lbs." --McElrath.
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3. A group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a
pack of lies; specifically:
(a) A full set of playing cards; a deck; also, the
assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre
pack.
(b) A number of wolves, hounds or dogs, hunting or kept
together; as, a wolf pack.
(c) A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad
design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or
knaves.
(d) A shook of cask staves.
(e) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling
simultaneously.
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4. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together
more or less closely. --Kane.
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5. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic
practice, called {dry pack}, {wet pack}, {cold pack},
etc., according to the method of treatment.
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6. [Prob. the same word; but cf. AS. p[=ae]can to deceive.] A
loose, lewd, or worthless person. See {Baggage}. [Obs.]
--Skelton.
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7. (Med.) In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or
sheets called {dry pack}, {wet pack}, {cold pack}, etc.,
according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used,
put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact
or condition of being so treated.
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8. (Rugby Football) The forwards who compose one half of the
scrummage; also, the scrummage.
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{Pack animal}, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in
carrying packs.
{Pack and prime road} or {Pack and prime way}, a pack road or
bridle way.
{Pack cloth}, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering
packs or bales.
{Pack horse}. See {Pack animal} (above).
{Pack ice}. See def. 4, above.
{Pack moth} (Zool.), a small moth ({Anacampsis sarcitella})
which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool
and woolen fabrics.
{Pack needle}, a needle for sewing with pack thread. --Piers
Plowman.
{Pack saddle}, a saddle made for supporting the load on a
pack animal. --Shak.
{Pack staff}, a staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's
staff.
{Pack train} (Mil.), a troop of pack animals.
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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]:
Pack \Pack\, v. i.
1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles
securely for transportation.
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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.
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3. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the
perch begin to pack. [Eng.]
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4. To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
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Poor Stella must pack off to town --Swift.
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You shall pack,
And never more darken my doors again. --Tennyson.
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5. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes;
to join in collusion. [Obs.] "Go pack with him." --Shak.
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{To send packing}, to drive away; to send off roughly or in
disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. "The parliament . .
. presently sent him packing." --South.
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From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Pack /pak/
pack
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