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of India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger and other wild animals in packs.

ut to death. (See 7.) [Obs.] -- To do up. (a) To put up; to raise. [Obs.] Chaucer. (b) To pack together and envelop; to pack up. (c) To accomplish thoroughly. [Colloq.] (d) To starch and iron. "A rich gown of velvet, and a ruff done up with the famous yellow starch." Hawthorne. -- To do way, to put away; to lay aside.…

A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.

A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed.

A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.

n which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack.

To make up into a bale or pack. Johnson.

y an express messenger or message. [Obs.] Eikon Basilike. Express office, an office where packages for an express are received or delivered.

A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden. [Obs.] Shak. A fardel of never-ending misery and suspense. Marryat.

ker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack. Faro bank, the capital which the proprietor of a farotable ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played. Hoyle.

To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.

A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer.

A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods. [Obs.]

The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps.

Packing of hemp. Simmonds.

irited; courageous. "The generous critic." Pope. "His generous spouse." Pope. "A generous pack [of hounds]." Addison.

es added to make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical with the Chinese alloy packfong. It was formerly much used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other white alloys. -- German steel (Metal.), a metal made from bog iron ore in a forg…

Same as Gang, n., 2. [Obs.] There is a knot, a ging, a pack, a conspiracy against me. Shak.

The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing.

The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.