Hypertext Webster Gateway: "packet"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Packet \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Packet \Pack"et\, v. i.
To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
packet
n 1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: {package},
{bundle}, {parcel}]
2: (computer science) a message or message fragment
3: a small package or bundle
4: a boat for carrying mail [syn: {mailboat}, {mail boat}, {packet
boat}]
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