Pack"et , v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
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.
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, 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.
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