Cherd packing (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by side, of
several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc., on a pin at the bottom
of a chord. Waddell. -- Packing box, a stuffing box. See under
Stuffing. -- Packing press, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool,
hay, etc. -- Packing ring. See Packing, 2 (c), and Illust. of Piston.
-- Packing sheet. (a) A large cloth for packing goods. (b) A sheet
prepared for packing hydropathic patients.
Pack"man (?), n.; pl. Packmen (&?;). One who bears a pack; a peddler.
{ Pack saddle, Pack thread }. See under 2d Pack.
Pack"wax` (?), n. (Anat.) Same as Paxwax.
Pack"way` (?), n. A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals.
{ Pa"co (?), Pa"cos (?), } n. [Sp. paco, fr. Peruv. paco. Cf. Alpaca.]