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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

Packing :: Packing (n.) The act or process of one who packs.

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

Packing :: Packing (n.) A trick; collusion.

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

Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass..

Matting :: Matting (v. t. & i.) Mats, in general, or collectively; mat work; a matlike fabric, for use in covering floors, packing articles, and the like; a kind of carpeting made of straw, etc..

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

Gabarage :: Gabarage (n.) A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods.

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

Stowage :: Stow (v. t.) To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship..

Packing :: Packing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pac.

Kingston Metal :: Kingston metal () An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery..

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