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And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.
Pope.
The expected council was dwindling into . . . a packed assembly of Italian bishops.
Atterbury.
He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies.
Fuller.
Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey.
Shack.
He . . . must not die
Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven.
Shak.
Pack, v. i. 1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
Poor Stella must pack off to town
Swift.
You shall pack, And never more darken my doors again.
Tennyson.
To send packing, to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. "The parliament . . . presently sent him packing." South.
Pack"age , n. 1. Act or process of packing.
Pack"er , n. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer.
Pack"et , n.
Packet boat, ship, or vessel. See Packet, n., 2. -- Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. -- Packet note or post. See under Paper.
Pack"et, v. t. 1. To make up into a packet or bundle.
Her husband Was packeted to France.
Ford.
Pack"et, v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
Pack"fong` , n. A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver.
Pack herse. See under 2d Pack.
Pack"house` , n. Warehouse for storing goods.
Pack"ing, n. 1. The act or process of one who packs.
Cherd packing , 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 , and Illust. of Piston. -- Packing sheet. A large cloth for packing goods. A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.
Pack"man , n.; pl. Packmen . One who bears a pack; a peddler.
. See under 2d Pack.
Pack"wax` , n. Same as Paxwax.
Pack"way` , n. A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals.
Pact , n. An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant. Bacon.
The engagement and pact of society whish goes by the name of the constitution.
Burke.
Pac"tion , n. An agreement; a compact; a bargain. Sir W. Scott.
Pa"cu , n. A South American freah-water fish , of the family Characinidae. It is highly esteemed as food.
Pad , n. 1. A footpath; a road.
An abbot on an ambling pad.
Tennyson.
Pad, v. t. To travel upon foot; to tread.
Padding the streets for half a crown.
Somerville.
Pad, v. i. 1. To travel heavily or slowly. Bunyan.
Pad, n. 1. A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.
Pad cloth, a saddlecloth; a housing. -- Pad saddle. See def. 3, above. -- Pad tree , a piece of wood or metal which gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad. Knight.
Pad, v. t. 1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
Pad"ar , n. Groats; coarse flour or meal. Sir. H. Wotton.
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