Definition of packing

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Packing (n.) A substance or piece used to make a joint imperviou.

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Impaction :: Impaction (n.) An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast..
Gobbing :: Gobbing (n.) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.
Stuff :: Stuff (n.) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
Packing :: Packing (n.) A substance or piece used to make a joint imperviou.
Packing :: Packing (n.) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc..
Packing :: Packing (n.) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides..
Sarplier :: Sarplier (n.) A coarse cloth made of hemp, and used for packing goods, etc..
Package :: Package (n.) Act or process of packing.
Presspack :: Presspack (v. t.) To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press..
Packing :: Packing (n.) Same as Filling.
Packing :: Packing (n.) A trick; collusion.
Packing :: Packing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pac.
Hanaper :: Hanaper (n.) A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper..
Hamper :: Hamper (n.) A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels..
Gland :: Gland (n.) The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing..
Packing :: Packing (n.) Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close..
Kingston Metal :: Kingston metal () An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery..
Gaskins :: Gaskins (n.pl.) Packing of hemp.
Silo :: Silo (n.) A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage.
Washer :: Washer (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc..
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