Pack \Pack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packed; 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.

Strange materials packed up with wonderful art. --Addison.

Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed. --Shak.

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.

3. To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Packing \Pack"ing\, n.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)