Packing




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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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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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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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packing [pækiŋ]
Dichtung; packend; Packung (Dichtungen); Verdichten; Verpackung

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packing

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bepakolás
burkolóanyag
csomagolás
csomagolópapír
konzerválás
tartósítás
tömítés
tömítôanyag


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packing

Dichtung f [techn.]
packing

Dichtungen pl
packing

Füllkörper m
packing

Konfektionierung f
packing

Packung f (Dichtungen)
packing

Verdichten n
packing

Verpackung f
packing

packend; einpackend; verpackend
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87 Moby Thesaurus words for "packing":
air express, airfreight, airlift, allocation, asportation,
assignment, bearing, bottling, boxing, bush, bushing, canning,
carriage, carry, carrying, cartage, collocation, conveyance,
crating, deployment, deposit, deposition, disposition, doubling,
doublure, drayage, emplacement, encasement, expressage, facing,
ferriage, filler, filling, freight, freightage, gasket, gland,
haulage, hauling, inlay, inlayer, insole, interlineation, lading,
lighterage, liner, lining, loading, localization, locating,
location, lugging, package, packaging, padding, pinpointing,
placement, placing, portage, porterage, positioning, posting,
putting, railway express, reposition, shipment, shipping,
situation, spotting, stationing, stopping, storage, stowage,
stuffing, tampon, telpherage, tinning, toting, transport,
transportation, transshipment, truckage, wadding, waft, waftage,
wagonage, wainscot



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