To carry, to convey.
1844. I wish I may be rammed through a gum tree, head foremost, if I’m goin’ to pack Suze any further.—Yale Lit. Mag., x. 167 (Feb.).
1846. The captain used to boast that he could pack a gallon without its setting him back any.—W. T. Porter, ed., ‘A Quarter Race in Kentucky,’ etc., p. 103 (Phila.).
1850. Joe killed an antelope…. We packed the hams and shoulders to camp.—‘Fifth Smithsonian Report,’ p. 91 (Bartlett).
1857. I have seen the public hands packing home carrots, parsnips, potatoes, &c.—H. C. Kimball at the Bowery, Salt Lake City: ‘Journal of Discourses,’ v. 19.
1874. I sot out in life a poor boy. I’m so used to bein’ bar’footed that my shoes hurts my feet an’ I have to pack one of ’em in my hand most of the time.—E. Eggleston, ‘The Circuit Rider,’ p. 71.
1896. If you’re a-goin’ on upstairs, would you just as lieve pack my bucket up?—Ella Higginson, ‘Tales of Puget Sound,’ p. 193.
