Pack

pak, n. A bundle or bale; esp., a bundle made up to be carried on the back; a burdensome load; number or quantity of connected or similar things, as, a set of playing cards; or, a number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together; or, a number persons united in a bad design or practice; a large area of floating pieces of ice driven together. — [packed (pakt), packing.] To make up into a bundle or bale; to a emble and compact together fill or load, make full, stow away within; to put gether (cards) in such a manner as to secure game unfairly; to bring together fraudulently some unjust end; to send off, dispatch; to envelop in numerous coverings, esp. when surrounded with a wet sheet. {Mech.) To render impervious to water, or steam, by filling or surrounding with suitable materials. — v. i. To form things into bundles; to admit of stowage or compre ion into a smaller space, or so as to form a compact ma ; to unite bad measures, join in collusion; to depart in haste. Pack'-horse, n. A horse to carry burdens. — man, it forms water. Bleaching powder,— a manufacturing term. — Ox'ytone, -1-ton, a. Having an acute sound. — 11. An acute sound. (Gr. Gram.) A word having the acute accent on the last syllable. conn. Oyer, o^yer, n. (Laiv.) The hearing, as of a deed, bond, etc. — Oyer and Ter'miner. A court constituted by a commi ion to hear and determine crim i in to nal causes. Oyster, oisler, n. A bivalve mollusk, usually found on gravel or sand, or adhering to rocks or other fixed substances in shallow salt water, or in the an mouths of rivers: the common species is extensively A used for food. — Oysler-plant, n. A plant, whose proroot, when cooked, somewhat resembles the oyster in taste; salsify. Ozone, o'zon, n. Oxygen in an active or highly electro-negative state. -sad'ale, n. A ho bears a pack; a peddler.— saddle on as which packs or burdens are; borne. — staff, n. A staff on which a travbut eler occasiondeally supports his -thread, pack. n —. Strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels. — P a c k 'age, n. Act or style of pack- Pack-saddle. of ing; a bundle; pack or packet; bale; a charge for packing goods. — Pack'et, n. A small pack or package; a ve el emthe ployed in conveying dispatches, pa engers, or goods on fixed days of sailing. — v. t. To make up into a packet or bundle: to send in a packet or dispatch ve el.— v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch ve el. ap- Packwax. See Paxwax.