Category:Packet

Pack"et, n. Etym: [f. paquet, dim. fr. Ll. paccus, from the same Source as e. pack. See pack.]

1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet Of letters. Shak.

2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches Or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, Passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, or vessel. See packet, n., 2. -- packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the Sailing day. -- packet note or post. See under paper.

Packet Pack"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Packeting.]

1. To make up into a packet or bundle.

2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel. Her husband was packeted to france. Ford.

Packet Pack"et, v. i.

Defn: to ply with a packet or dispatch boat.