Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PACK, n. [D. pak; G. and Sw. pack. See the Verb.]

1. A bundle of any thing inclosed in a cover or bound fast with cords; a bale; as, a pack of goods or cloth. The soldier bears a pack on his back.
2. A burden or load; as, a pack of sorrows. – Shak.
3. A number of cards, or the number used in games; so called from being inclosed together. – Addison.
4. A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together, that is, a crowd or assemblage united. – Dryden.
5. A number of persons united in a bad design or practice; as, a pack of thieves or knaves. – Swift.
6. A great number crowded together; as, a pack of troubles. [Not used.] – Ainsworth.
7. A loose or lewd person. [Sax. pæcan, to deceive.] [Not used.] – Skelton.