Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . back; a burdensome load; anumber or quantity of connected or similar things,as, a set of playing cards; or, a number of houndsor dogs, hunting or kept together; or, a number ofpersons united in a bad design or practice ; a largearea of floating pieces of ice driven together. — v. t.[ (pakt), PACKING.] To make up into a bun-dle or bale ; to assemble and compact together ; tofill or load, m
Webster's practical dictionaryA practical dictionary of the English language, giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the Unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . back; a burdensome load; anumber or quantity of connected or similar things,as, a set of playing cards; or, a number of houndsor dogs, hunting or kept together; or, a number ofpersons united in a bad design or practice ; a largearea of floating pieces of ice driven together. — v. t.[ (pakt), PACKING.] To make up into a bun-dle or bale ; to assemble and compact together ; tofill or load, make full, stow away within; to put to-gether (cards) in such a manner as to secure thegame unfairly ; to bring together fraudulently forsome unjust end ; to send off, dispatch ; to envelopin numerous coverings, esp. when surrounded witha wet sheet. (3Iech.) To render impervious to air,water, or steam, by filling or surrounding with suit-able materials. — v. i. To form things into bundles;to admit of stowage or compression into a smallerspace, or so as to form a compact mass ; to unite inbad measures, join in collusion; to depart in haste. —Pack^-horse, n. A horse to carry burdens. — n.; pi. -MEKT. One who bears a pack; a peddler. —-saddle, n. Asaddle onwhich packsor burdens areborne. —staff,n. A staff onwhich a trav- Ie 1 e r occasion- ally supportshis pack. —-thread, threador twine used .in tying up par- eels. — P a c k -age, n. Act or style of pack- ^ . ,,_ ing; a bundle; Pack-saddle, pack or packet; bale; a charge for packing goods.—Pack^et, n. A small pack or package; a vessel em-ployed in conveying dispatches, passengers, or goodson fixed days of sailing. — v. t. To make up into apacket or bundle; to send in a packet or dispatch-vessel.— V. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch-vessel. Packwax. See Paxwax. Pact, pakt, Pacation, n. An agreement; league; com-pact; covenant.—Pac^tional, a. Byway of agree-ment.— Pactitious, -tishus, a. Set
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