a pact.-a bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.-a number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.-a number or quantity of connected or similar things-a full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.-a number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.-a number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves.-a shook of cask staves.-a bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.-a large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.-an envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.-a loose, lewd, or worthless person. see baggage.-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.-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.-to sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.-hence: to bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; as, to pack a jury or a causes.-to contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.-to load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.-to cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.-to transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).-to envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. see pack, n., 5.-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.-to make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.-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.-to gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.-to depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.-to unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.