Definition of packing

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

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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..
Silo :: Silo (n.) A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage.
Gaskins :: Gaskins (n.pl.) Packing of hemp.
Pocket :: Pocket (n.) A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc..
Matting :: Matting (v. t. & i.) Mats, in general, or collectively; mat work; a matlike fabric, for use in covering floors, packing articles, and the like; a kind of carpeting made of straw, etc..
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.) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc..
Sarplier :: Sarplier (n.) A coarse cloth made of hemp, and used for packing goods, etc..
Stuff :: Stuff (n.) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
Packing :: Packing (n.) The act or process of one who packs.
Gabarage :: Gabarage (n.) A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods.
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.) A trick; collusion.
Packing :: Packing (n.) Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close..
Packing :: Packing (n.) Same as Filling.
Impaction :: Impaction (n.) An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast..
Packing :: Packing (n.) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint..
Packing :: Packing (n.) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides..
Package :: Package (n.) Act or process of packing.
Package :: Package (n.) A charge made for packing goods.
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