4. A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or
exported by aliens, or by denizens who were the sons of aliens.
Pack"er (?), n. A person whose business is to pack things; especially,
one who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer.
Pack"et (?), n. [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.
Pack"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Packeting.] 1.
To make up into a packet or bundle.