mailboat, mail boat, packet, packet boat
(noun) a boat for carrying mail
packet
(noun) a small package or bundle
packet
(noun) (computer science) a message or message fragment
package, bundle, packet, parcel
(noun) a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
Source: WordNet® 3.1
packet (plural packets)
A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
(nautical) 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, vessel (Wikipedia).
(botany) A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
(networking) A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
(South Africa) A plastic bag.
(informal) A large amount of money.
packet (third-person singular simple present packets, present participle packeting, simple past and past participle packeted)
(transitive) To make up into a packet or bundle.
(transitive) To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
(intransitive) To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
(transitive, internet) To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.
• Ptacek, peck at
Source: Wiktionary
Pack"et, n. Etym: [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.
Definition: To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
