packeting
present participle of packet
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
27 June 2024
(noun) a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution; “he used a solution of peroxide and water”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
