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  packet \pack"et\ (p[a^]k"[e^]t), n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL.
     paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See Pack.]
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     1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a
        packet of letters. --Shak.
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     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.
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     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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  Packet \Pack"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packeted; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Packeting.]
     1. To make up into a packet or bundle.
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     2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
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              Her husband
              Was packeted to France.               --Ford.
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  Packet \Pack"et\, v. i.
     To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
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