PACKET Pack"et, n. Etym: [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.
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.
PACKET
Pack"et, v. i.
Defn: To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
PACKFONG
Pack"fong`, n. Etym: [Chin. peh tung.] (Metal.)
Defn: A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver.