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1Packet (sea transport) — Packet (sea transport): A Packet service is a regular, scheduled service, carrying freight and passengers. The ships used for this service are called Packet ships or Packet Boats, the seamen Packetmen and the business is called Packet trade. A… …
2Packet trade — generally refers to any regularly scheduled cargo, passenger and mail trade conducted by ship. [ [http://www.umassd.edu/specialprograms/CaboVerde/cvpacket.html Cape Verde Packet Trade] ] The ships are called packet boats as their original… …
3Packet — may refer to: * Packet (information technology), a formatted block of data carried by a packet mode computer network * Packet radio, a form of amateur radio data communications using the AX25 protocol * Packet (sea transport), a packet service is …
4packet boat — n. 〚so called from orig. carrying mail〛 a boat that travels a regular route, as along a coast or on a river, carrying passengers, freight, and mail * * * …
5packet boat — n old fashioned a boat that carries letters, packages etc and usually passengers at regular times …
6packet boat — n. [so called from orig. carrying mail] a boat that travels a regular route, as along a coast or on a river, carrying passengers, freight, and mail …
7Packet ship — A packet ship was, originally, a vessel employed to carry Post Office mail packets to and from British colonies and outposts. The captains were generally also able to carry bullion, private goods, and passengers. The ships were usually lightly… …
8packet boat — noun a boat for carrying mail • Syn: ↑mailboat, ↑mail boat, ↑packet • Hypernyms: ↑boat * * * noun also packet ship 1 …
9packet — noun 1》 a paper or cardboard container. 2》 (a packet) informal, chiefly Brit. a large sum of money. 3》 dated a boat travelling at regular intervals between two ports, originally for the conveyance of mail. 4》 Computing a block of data transmitted …
10regular — 1. in the habit of daily defecation Laxative advertisements enshrined this use: I ve always been regular as clockwork, and then, bingo. (Ustinov, 1971) 2. menstruating at a predictable time There is a danger of confusion with… …
