About The Word Packet
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Packet
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What's The Definition Of Packet?
[n] a boat for carrying mail
[n] a small package or bundle [n] (computer science) a message or message fragment [n] a collection of things wrapped or boxed together Synonyms | Synonyms for Packet: bundle | mail boat | mailboat | package | packet boat | parcel Related Terms | Find terms related to Packet: argosy | bale | bark | batch | bindle | boat | bolt | bomb | boodle | bottom | bouquet | bucket | budget | bundle | craft | deck | fagot | fardel | fasces | fascine | fortune | great deal | hooker | hulk | hull | keel | leviathan | loads | lots | mint | nosegay | pack | package | parcel | piles | posy | pretty penny | quiver | roll | rouleau | sheaf | ship | tidy sum | truss | tub | vessel | wad | watercraft See Also | accumulation | aggregation | assemblage | boat | collection | deck | message | package | parcel | wisp Packet In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
\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\, v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat. |
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