† packishnessn.
Obsolete.
The condition or quality of being a pack.Apparently an isolated use.
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packishness1672
1672 J. Eachard Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered 22 If any one trangam be taken out or missing, the pack then presently loses its packishness, and cannot any longer be said to be a pack.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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n.1672- take the flour and leave the bran
- take the foil
- take the forfeit of
- take the form of
- take the freedom
- take the freedom to do something
- take the full count
- take the gaff
- take the gate
- take the gauge of
- take the gee
- take the gilt off the gingerbread
- take the gloves off
- take the good with the bad
- take the gown
- take the ground
- take the habit
- take the head
- take the high hand
- take the high road
- take the highway
- take the horse
- take the initiative
- take the king'queen's shilling
- take the king's shilling