packet /(păk"ĕt)/

pack·et

packet

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

Phrases & Compounds
Packet boat
See Packet, n., 2.
Packet day
the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day.
Packet note
See under Paper.

Packet

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.

Packet

v. i.
  1. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.