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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
packet \pack"et\ (p[a^]k"[e^]t), n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL.
paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See Pack.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a
packet of letters. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Packet boat, Packet ship, or Packet vessel. See
Packet, n., 2.
Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or
the sailing day.
Packet note or Packet post. See under Paper.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Packet \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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
packet boat
n : a boat for carrying mail [syn: mailboat, mail boat, packet]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
packet boat
n.
1 (lb en historic) An ocean-going ship chartered by the government to
carry the mail and official communications.
2 (lb en historic) A boat that carried mail, cargo, and, in later
years, some passengers along a regularly scheduled route up and down a
river or canal.
3 (lb en historic) A boat specifically designed to provide
transportation to passengers on a regular schedule up and down a river
or canal.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
packet boat
n.
1 (lb en historic) An ocean-going ship chartered by the government to
carry the mail and official communications.
2 (lb en historic) A boat that carried mail, cargo, and, in later
years, some passengers along a regularly scheduled route up and down a
river or canal.
3 (lb en historic) A boat specifically designed to provide
transportation to passengers on a regular schedule up and down a river
or canal.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
packet boat
n.
1 (lb en historic) An ocean-going ship chartered by the government to
carry the mail and official communications.
2 (lb en historic) A boat that carried mail, cargo, and, in later
years, some passengers along a regularly scheduled route up and down a
river or canal.
3 (lb en historic) A boat specifically designed to provide
transportation to passengers on a regular schedule up and down a river
or canal.
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
packet boat /pˈakɪt bˈəʊt/
poštovní loď ([pEkItbout])
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
packet boat /pˈakɪt bˈəʊt/
poštanski brod
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "packet boat":
carrier, carrier pigeon, homer, homing pigeon, mail car,
mail coach, mail packet, mail train, mail truck, mailer, mailplane,
pigeon post, post boat, post car, post coach, post-horse,
post-office car, poster, railway mail car
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