2. (Rugby Football) The forwards who compose one half of the
scrummage; also, the scrummage.
{Pack and prime} {road or way}, a pack road or bridle way.
Strange materials packed up with wonderful art.
--Addison.
Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are
packed. --Shak.
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.
3. To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure
the game unfairly.
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.
Note: ``In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of
wool, 240 lbs.'' --McElrath.
3. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; as:
(a) A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used
in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.
(b) A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
(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. p?can 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 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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 thread}, strong thread or small twine used for tying
packs or parcels.
{Pack train} (Mil.), a troop of pack animals.
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 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.