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Packet

Packet Definition And Meaning
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.

Packet Definition And Meaning

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

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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