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/pˈækət boʊt/ Listen

noun

packet n.

A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.

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.

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Etymology of 'Packet boat'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Packet boat" Quotes from Famous Books

... I have sent to Holland for it. In the meantime, the Polybius comes in a box containing books for Peter Carr, and for some of my friends in Williamsburg and its vicinities. I have taken the liberty of addressing the box to you. It goes to New York in the packet boat which carries this letter, and will be forwarded to you by water, by Mr. Madison. Its freight to New York is paid here. The transportation from thence to Williamsburg will be demanded of you, and shall stand as the equivalent to the ...

— The Writings of Thomas Jefferson - Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) • Thomas Jefferson