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Pack (păk), n. [Cf. Pact.] A pact. [Obs.] Daniel.
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Pack, n. [Akin to D. pak, G. pack, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakki, Gael. & Ir. pac, Arm. pak. Cf. Packet.]
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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.
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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.
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&hand_; “In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs.” McElrath.
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3. A group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a pack of lies; specifically: (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.
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4. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely. Kane.
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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.
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6. [Prob. the same word; but cf. AS. p&aē_;can to deceive.] A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage. [Obs.] Skelton.
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7. (Med.) In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated.
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8. (Rugby Football) The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.
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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 (Zo&ö;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 train (Mil.), a troop of pack animals.
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Pack (păk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packed (păkt); 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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Pack, v. i. 1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
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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.
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3. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack. [Eng.]
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4. To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
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Poor Stella must pack off to town
Swift.
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You shall pack,
And never more darken my doors again.
Tennyson.
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5. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. [Obs.] “Go pack with him.” Shak.
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To send packing, to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. “The parliament . . . presently sent him packing.” South.
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