packetn.[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, 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.()v. t.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.)v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.()