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

See Paroquet.

A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather.

Finical or fussy; full of petty details. [Colloq.]

m surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.

See Picotee.

One who steals purses or other articles from pockets. Bentley.

See Pintail, 1.

or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole.

A kind of blue color; also, anciently, a kind of cloth, generally blue.

To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change. He would pocket the expense of the license. Sterne.

The retention by the President of the United States of a bill unsigned so that it does not become a law, in virtue of the following constitutional provision (Const. Art. I., sec. 7, cl. 2): "If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him,…

A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket.

As much as a pocket will hold; enough to fill a pocket; as, pocketfuls of chestnuts.

one or more blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in the pocket.

A pocket. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A young hog; a pig. [R.] Dryden. W. Howitt.

A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck. Shak.

A wagtail.

ilar games. Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a crosier, and ending in a racket. Bancroft.