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To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish. Strange materials packed up with wonderful art. Addison. Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed. Sh…

See under 2d Pack.

See under 2d Pack.

Act or process of packing.

A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer.

A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. Shak.

A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver.

Warehouse for storing goods.

The act or process of one who packs.

One who bears a pack; a peddler.

Same as Paxwax.

A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals.

Same as Alpaca.

An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant. Bacon. The engagement and pact of society whish goes by the name of the constitution. Burke.

An agreement; a compact; a bargain. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

Of the nature of, or by means of, a paction. Bp. Sanderson.

Setted by a pact, or agreement. [R.] Johnson.

Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands.

A South American freah-water fish (Myleies pacu), of the family Characinidæ. It is highly esteemed as food.

An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.