Packing
['pækɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) carrying something in a pack on the back; 'the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts'.
(noun.) the enclosure of something in a package or box.
Typist: Serena--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pack
(n.) The act or process of one who packs.
(n.) Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.
(n.) A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious
(n.) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint.
(n.) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides.
(n.) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.
(n.) Same as Filling.
(n.) A trick; collusion.
Typed by Brandon
Examples
- The same girl who feeds the gum into the wrapping machine closes the lids of the boxes and places them on a packing table by her side. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mrs. Strong had declined to play, on the ground of not feeling very well; and her cousin Maldon had excused himself because he had some packing to do. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- My little packing here can be completed in ten minutes--my travelling-dress assumed in ten minutes more. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I believe the ensilage would be better without any tramping and packing if we could only get it to settle uniformly without. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- To this brine would be added a little sugar and saltpetre, and, after packing the meat the same as in the other case, enough of this brine would be added to entirely cover the meat. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When salt is sifted it is ready for packing in bags or packages suitable for shipment to the consumer. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Why, look here now, just look at these packing-cases. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The floor may be slabs, and the roof a covering of brush to hold the packing to its place, if a slab roof is not readily made. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- No packing down is needed except in the corners and along the walls; at these points we endeavor to firm the ensilage just as much as possible. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Milor Duc de Richemont's people are packing up everything. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I modestly assented, and we all fell through a little dirty swing door, into a sort of hot packing-case immediately behind it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Hence, the order was given to build the new packing-house on lines similar to those of the old one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The shoes next go to the packing department, where they are taken off the lasts, inspected, marked, tied together in pairs, sorted and packed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The ovens are highly insulated with a thick packing of best grade mineral wool, which reduces air leakage to a minimum and retains the heat generated for a long period. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I asked myself; I want to commence my packing. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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