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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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