7. To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; —
sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.
He . . . must not die
Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven.
Shak. 8. To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack [Western U.S.]
9. (Hydropathy) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.
10. (Mech.) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust
so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a
steam engine.
Pack
(Pack), v. i.
1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
2. To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle
together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.
3. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack. [Eng.]
4. To depart in haste; — generally with off or away.
Poor Stella must pack off to town
Swift.
You shall pack,
And never more darken my doors again.
Tennyson. 5. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion. [Obs.] "Go pack with
him." Shak.
To send packing, to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. "The
parliament . . . presently sent him packing." South.
