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Webster 1913 Edition
Pack
Pack
,Noun.
[Akin to D.
pak
, G. pack
, Dan. pakke
, Sw. packa
, Icel. pakki
, Gael. & Ir. pac
, Arm. pak
. Cf. Packet
.] 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.
2.
[Cf. ]
Peck
, Noun.
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.
☞ “In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs.”
McElrath.
3.
A group or quantity of connected or similar things;
; as, a
pack
of liesspecifically:
(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.
4.
A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
Kane.
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. 6.
[Prob. the same word; but cf. AS.
pǣcan
to deceive.] A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See
Baggage
. [Obs.]
Skelton.
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.
Pack
(păk)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Packed
(păkt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
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
fishStrange materials
packed
up with wonderful art. Addison.
Where . . . the bones
Of all my buried ancestors are
Of all my buried ancestors are
packed
. Shakespeare
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.And mighty dukes
pack
cards for half a crown. Pope.
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 caucusThe expected council was dwindling into . . . a
packed
assembly of Italian bishops. Atterbury.
5.
To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
[Obs.]
He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely devised and
packed
by his enemies. Fuller.
6.
To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber;
as, to
. pack
a horseOur thighs
packed
with wax, our mouths with honey. Shack.
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 schoolHe . . . must not die
Till George be
Till George be
packed
with post horse up to heaven. Shakespeare
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.]
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.Pack
,Verb.
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 Swift.
You shall
And never more darken my doors again.
pack
,And never more darken my doors again.
Tennyson.
5.
To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.
[Obs.]
“Go pack with him.” Shak.
To send packing
, to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously.
“The parliament . . . presently sent him packing.” South.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pack
PACK
,Noun.
1.
A bundle of any thing inclosed in a cover or bound fast with cords; a bale; as a pack of goods or cloth. The soldier bears a pack on his back.2.
A burden or load; as a pack of sorrows.3.
A number of cards, or the number used in games; so called from being inclosed together.4.
A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together, that is, a crowd or assemblage united.5.
A number of persons united in a bad design or practice; as a pack of thieves or knaves.6.
A great number crowded together; as a pack of troubles. [Not used.]7.
A loose or lewd person. [Not used.]PACK
,Verb.
T.
1.
To place and press together; to place in close order; as, to pack goods in a box or chest.2.
To put together and bind fast; as, to pack any thing for carriage with cords or straps.3.
To put in close order with salt intermixed; as, to pack meat or fish in barrels.4.
To send in haste.5.
To put together, as cards, in such a manner as to secure the game; to put together in sorts with a fraudulent design, as cards; hence, to unite persons iniquitously, with a view to some private interest; as, to pack a jury, that is, to select persons for a jury who may favor a party; to pack a parliament; to pack an assembly of bishops.PACK
,Verb.
I.
1.
To close; to shut.2.
To depart in haste; with off. Poor Stella must pack off to town.
3.
To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. Go, pack with him.