Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . he 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.[PACKED (pakt), PACKING.] To make up into a bun-dle or bale ; to assemble and compact together ; tofill or load
Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . he 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.[PACKED (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. Qlech.) 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-borse, n. A horse to carry burdens. — n.; pi. -MEK. One who bears a pack; a peddler.—-sad^dle, n. A saddle onwhich packsor burdens areborne. —staff,n. A staff onwhich a trav-e 1 e r occasion-ally supportshis pack. —-thread, threador twine usedin tying up par- eels. — Pack-age, n. Act orstyle of pack-mg; a bundle; Pack-saddle, pack or packet; bale; a charge for packing goods. —Packet, 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, Paction, n. An agi-eement; league; com-pact; covenant. — Pactional, a. By way of agree-ment.— Pacti^tious, -tishus, a. Settled by agree-men
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