packet — Defs

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

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.

02 v. t. To make up into a packet or bundle.

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.

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