Packing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Packing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Packing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
packing n any material used especially to protect something [syn: packing material, packing, wadding] the enclosure of something in a package or box Synonym(s): packing, boxing carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts" Synonym(s): packing, backpacking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.