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. 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.