PACKETS

Noun

packets

plural of packet

Verb

packets

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of packet

Anagrams

• Ptaceks, packest

Source: Wiktionary


PACKET

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



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