[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pack \pack\, n. akin to d. pak, g. pack, dan. pakke, sw. packa,
   icel. pakki, gael.  ir. pac, arm. pak. cf. packet.
   1913 webster
   1. 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. --piers plowman.
      1913 webster

   2. cf. peck, n. a number or quantity equal to the
      contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden. "a pack
      of sorrows." "a pack of blessings." --shak.
      1913 webster

   note: "in england, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of
         wool, 240 lbs." --mcelrath.
         1913 webster

   3. a group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a
      pack of lies; specifically:
      a a full set of playing cards; a deck; also, the
          assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre
          pack.
      b a number of wolves, hounds or dogs, hunting or kept
          together; as, a wolf pack.
      c a number of persons associated or leagued in a bad
          design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or
          knaves.
      d a shook of cask staves.
      e a bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling
          simultaneously.
          1913 webster

   4. a large area of floating pieces of ice driven together
      more or less closely. --kane.
      1913 webster

   5. an envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic
      practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack,
      etc., according to the method of treatment.
      1913 webster

   6. prob. the same word; but cf. as. p=aecan to deceive. a
      loose, lewd, or worthless person. see baggage. obs.
      --skelton.
      1913 webster

   7. med. in hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or
      sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc.,
      according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used,
      put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact
      or condition of being so treated.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   8. rugby football the forwards who compose one half of the
      scrummage; also, the scrummage.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   pack animal, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in
      carrying packs.

   pack and prime road or pack and prime way, a pack road or
      bridle way.

   pack cloth, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering
      packs or bales.

   pack horse. see pack animal above.

   pack ice. see def. 4, above.

   pack moth zool., a small moth anacampsis sarcitella
      which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool
      and woolen fabrics.

   pack needle, a needle for sewing with pack thread. --piers
      plowman.

   pack saddle, a saddle made for supporting the load on a
      pack animal. --shak.

   pack staff, a staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's
      staff.

   pack train mil., a troop of pack animals.
      1913 webster
see also:
packet peck dry pack wet pack cold pack baggage 
pack animal pack and prime road pack and prime way pack cloth pack horse 
pack ice pack moth anacampsis sarcitella pack needle pack saddle 
pack staff pack train 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pack horse \pack horse\
   see under 2d pack.
   1913 webster
see also:
pack 

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