Thesaurus

(n) : a small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters, a packet of crisps, a packet of biscuits; 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, vessel

(v) : to make up into a packet or bundle; to send in a packet or dispatch vessel