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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..

Packing :: Packing (n.) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc..

Presspack :: Presspack (v. t.) To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press..

Package :: Package (n.) A charge made for packing goods.

Package :: Package (n.) Act or process of packing.

Packing :: Packing (n.) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides..

Gasket :: Gasket (n.) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps..

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.

Gaskins :: Gaskins (n.pl.) Packing of hemp.

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

Hanaper :: Hanaper (n.) A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper..

Gasket :: Gasket (n.) Any ring or washer of packing.

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..

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..

Stripling :: Strip-leaf (n.) Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.

Lute :: Lute (n.) A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc..

Gobbing :: Gobbing (n.) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.

Packing :: Packing (n.) Same as Filling.

Packing :: Packing (n.) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint..

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