packings
ɪŋ noun
1.
the act or work of a person or thing that packs.
2.
the preparation and packaging of foodstuffs, especially to be sold at wholesale.
4.
an act or instance of transporting supplies, goods, etc., on the backs of horses, mules, or persons.
5.
material used to cushion or protect goods packed in a container.
6.
material, often in the form of a grease-impregnated fibrous ring, compressed inside a stuffing box or the like to prevent leakage around the moving shaft of an engine, pump, or valve.
7.
Printing. rubber, paper, or other material fastened to the tympan or cylinder of a press to provide pressure to produce a printed impression.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. material used to cushion packed goods |
| b. (as modifier): a packing needle | |
| 2. | the packaging of foodstuffs |
| 3. | med |
| a. the application of a medical pack | |
| b. gauze or other absorbent material for packing a wound | |
| 4. | printing sheets of material, esp paper, used to cover the platen or impression cylinder of a letterpress machine |
| 5. | any substance or material used to make watertight or gastight joints, esp in a stuffing box |
| 6. | engineering pieces of material of various thicknesses used to adjust the position of a component or machine before it is secured in its correct position or alignment |
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Word Origin & History
pack
"bundle," early 13c., probably from a Low Ger. word (cf. M.Du. pac, pack "bundle," M.L.G. pak, M.Flem. pac, attested from 1199), originally a term of wool traders in Flanders; or possibly from O.N. pakki, all of unknown origin. Italian pacco is a Du. loan word. Meaning "set of persons" (usually of a
low character" is c.1300, older than sense of "group of hunting animals" (early 15c.). Extended to collective sets of playing cards (1590s), floating ice (1791), cigarettes (1924), and submarines (1943). Meaning "knapsack on a frame" is attested from 1916. Pack-horse is from late 15c.; packsaddle "saddle for supporting packs on the back of a mount" is from late 14c. (pakke sadil). Pack of lies first attested 1763.
pack
c.1300, "to put together in a pack," from pack (n.), possibly influenced by Anglo-Fr. empaker (1294) and M.L. paccare "pack." Some senses suggesting "make secret arrangement" are from an Elizabethan mispronunciation of pact. Sense of "to carry or convey in a pack" (1805) led
to general sense of "to carry in any manner;" hence to pack heat "carry a gun," underworld slang from 1940s; "to be capable of delivering" (a punch, etc.) is from 1921.
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Medical Dictionary
packing n.
The insertion of gauze or other material into a body cavity or wound for therapeutic purposes.
The material so used; a pack.
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