Packet

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To make up into a packet or bundle.

II. Packet ·vi To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.

III. Packet ·vt To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.

IV. Packet ·noun A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.

V. Packet ·noun 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.

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