packet
packet (pak"et) , noun
[French paquet, dim. from Late Latin paccus, from the same source as English pack. See Pack.]
1.
A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. — Shakespeare
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 , transitive verb
1.
To make up into a packet or bundle.
2.
To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
Her husband
Was packeted to France.
Packet , intransitive verb
To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.