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  • 1Packing (firestopping) — Packing is the process and/or the materials used in filling both service penetrations and building joints with backer materials as approved components within a firestop.PurposePacking with inherently fire resistive materials, such as rockwool or… …

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  • 2Packing — Pack Pack (p[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packed} (p[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Packing}.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See {Pack}, n.] 1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to… …

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  • 3pack off — ˌpack ˈoff [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pack off he/she/it packs off present participle packing off past tense …

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  • 4pack off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pack off : present tense I/you/we/they pack off he/she/it packs off present participle packing off past tense packed off past participle packed off informal to send someone away somewhere suddenly To avoid… …

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  • 5Cudahy Packing Company — was a U.S. meat packing company established in 1887 as the Armour Cudahy Packing Company and incorporated in Maine in 1915.[1] It was founded by Patrick Cudahy (March 17, 1849 July 25, 1919) and his brother John Cudahy, Irish immigrants from… …

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  • 6To send packing — Pack Pack, v. i. 1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation. [1913 Webster] 2. To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form …

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  • 7send packing — verb stop associating with They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock • Syn: ↑dismiss, ↑send away, ↑drop • Hypernyms: ↑displace, ↑fire, ↑give notice, ↑ …

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  • 8send packing — Pack Pack (p[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packed} (p[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Packing}.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See {Pack}, n.] 1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to… …

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  • 9send off — Synonyms and related words: A, Godspeed, adieu, air express, airfreight, airmail, aloha, alpha, beat back, begin, beginning, blast away, blast off, blast off, bow out, brush off, bundle, bundle off, chase, chase away, chase off, commence,… …

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  • 10hold off — Synonyms and related words: abstain, adjourn, be dilatory, beat back, beat off, blench, block, boggle, brush off, chase, chase away, chase off, check, continue, counter, cut, defer, delay, demur, dismiss, dispense with, do without, drag out,… …

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