Packet definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PACK'ET, n. 1. A ... pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as a packet of letters. 2. A dispatch-vessel; a ship or other ... goods coastwise. PACK'ET, v.i. To ply with a packet or dispatch-vessel. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: package, bundle, packet, parcel] 2: (computer science) a message or message fragment 3 ... 4: a boat for carrying mail [syn: mailboat, mail boat, packet, packet boat] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English pekette, ...
packet boat definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a boat for carrying mail [syn: mailboat, mail boat, packet, packet boat] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Packet Pack"et, n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from ... pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. --Shak. 2. Originally, a vessel employed by government ... goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, or vessel. See Packet, n., 2. Packet ...
Packet day definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Packet Pack"et, n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from ... pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. --Shak. 2. Originally, a vessel employed by government ... 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 note definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Packet Pack"et, n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from ... pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. --Shak. 2. Originally, a vessel employed by government ... 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 ...
pay packet definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: wages enclosed ... for distribution to the wage earner [syn: pay envelope, pay packet] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (pay packets) 1. Your pay packet is the envelope containing your wages, which your employer gives ... refer to someone's wages or salary as their pay packet. (BRIT; in AM, use paycheck, pay) N-COUNT: oft poss ...
wage packet definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (wage packets) People's wages can be referred to as their wage packet. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use paycheck) They work long hours in order to take home a fat wage packet. N-COUNT
Steam packet definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Steam Steam, n. [OE. stem ... a house by steam. Steam jacket. See under Jacket. Steam packet, a packet or vessel propelled by steam, and running periodically between certain ...
... a ship. --Wyclif (Acts xxviii. 11) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Packet Pack"et, n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from ... pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. --Shak. 2. Originally, a vessel employed by government ... 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 ...
... Mortar piece, a mortar. [Obs.] --Shak. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Packet Pack"et, n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from ... pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. --Shak. 2. Originally, a vessel employed by government ... 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 ...
... esp. Indians of the Koluschan stock. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Packet Pack"et, n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from ... pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. --Shak. 2. Originally, a vessel employed by government ... 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 ...