Pack"et (?), n. [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, ∨ vessel. See Packet, n., 2. -- Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. -- Packet note ∨ post. See under Paper.
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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.
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Pack"et, v. i.
To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
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