Packing

Packing

(1): ( n.) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides.

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

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

(4): ( n.) A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious

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

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

(7): ( n.) Same as Filling.

(8): ( n.) A trick; collusion.

(9): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pack