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Stowage :: Stow (v. t.) To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship..

Hamper :: Hamper (n.) A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels..

Packing :: Packing (n.) The act or process of one who packs.

Packing :: Packing (n.) A substance or piece used to make a joint imperviou.

Gasket :: Gasket (n.) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps..

Hanaper :: Hanaper (n.) A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper..

Lute :: Lute (n.) A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc..

Sarplier :: Sarplier (n.) A coarse cloth made of hemp, and used for packing goods, etc..

Gasket :: Gasket (n.) Any ring or washer of packing.

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

Pocket :: Pocket (n.) A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc..

Packing :: Packing (n.) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint..

Packing :: Packing (n.) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc..

Package :: Package (n.) Act or process of packing.

Gobbing :: Gobbing (n.) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.

Washer :: Washer (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc..

Presspack :: Presspack (v. t.) To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press..

Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass..

Packing :: Packing (n.) Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close..

Gabarage :: Gabarage (n.) A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods.

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