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send packing
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send packing
(gcide) | Pack \Pack\ (p[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packed (p[a^]kt); p.
pr. & vb. n. Packing.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan.
pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See Pack, n.]
1. 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.
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Strange materials packed up with wonderful art.
--Addison.
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Where . . . the bones
Of all my buried ancestors are packed. --Shak.
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2. To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and
securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or
to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to
crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the
audience, packs the theater.
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3. To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as
to secure the game unfairly; to stack[3] (the deck).
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And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.
--Pope.
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4. Hence: To bring together or make up unfairly and
fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; to
stack[3]; as, to pack a jury or a caucus.
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The expected council was dwindling into . . . a
packed assembly of Italian bishops. --Atterbury.
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5. To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot. [Obs.]
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He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely
devised and packed by his enemies. --Fuller.
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6. To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to
pack a horse.
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Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey.
--Shack.
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7. To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings;
esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; to {send
packing}; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to
school.
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He . . . must not die
Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven.
--Shak.
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8. To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e.,
on the backs of men or beasts). [Western U.S.]
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9. (Hydropathy) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within
numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.
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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.
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11. To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something;
specif. (Hydropathy), to envelop in a wet or dry sheet,
within numerous coverings.
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send packing
(wn) | send packing
v 1: stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a
child out of wedlock" [syn: dismiss, send packing,
send away, drop] |
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To send packing
(gcide) | Pack \Pack\, v. i.
1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles
securely for transportation.
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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.
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3. To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the
perch begin to pack. [Eng.]
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4. To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.
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Poor Stella must pack off to town --Swift.
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You shall pack,
And never more darken my doors again. --Tennyson.
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5. To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes;
to join in collusion. [Obs.] "Go pack with him." --Shak.
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To send packing, to drive away; to send off roughly or in
disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously. "The parliament . .
. presently sent him packing." --South.
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