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Webster 1913 Edition

Packing

Pack′ing

,
Noun.
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.]
Bale.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Packing

PACK'ING

,
ppr.
Laying together in close order; binding in a bundle; putting in barrels with salt, &c.; uniting, as men for a fraudulent purpose.

PACK'ING

,
Noun.
A trick; collusion.

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