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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.

Definition 2024


packing

packing

English

Verb

packing

  1. present participle of pack

Derived terms

Noun

packing (plural packings)

  1. The action of the verb.
    1. The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
    2. (sciences, mathematics) The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
    3. The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
    4. (rugby) The forming of players into a scrum.
  2. As a concrete noun.
    1. Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
    2. Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
    3. A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
    4. Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.
  • Examples: Packing in a packed bed, or a column such as a distillation column or a chromatography column

Derived terms