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

; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.

To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.

A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer.

The packet of vellum leaves in which the gold is first beaten into thin sheets.

A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of- battle ship; a ship of the line.

A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.

A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet. 'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage. Cowper. Bill of parcels. See under 6th Bill. -- Parcel office, an office where parcels are received for keeping or forwarding and delivery. -- Parcel post, that department of the post office concer…

A jar or packet of flower leaves, perfumes, and spices, used to scent a room.

A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] Mayhew.

r, a joiner who works upon ships. -- Ship letter, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. -- Ship money (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I.…