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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.
        [1913 Webster]

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.

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