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pack·et boat

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mailboat, mail boat, packet, packet boatnoun

    a boat for carrying mail

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  1. Packet boat

    Packet boats were medium-sized boats designed for domestic mail, passenger, and freight transportation in European countries and in North American rivers and canals, some of them steam driven. They were used extensively during the 18th and 19th centuries and featured regularly scheduled service. When such ships were put into use in the 18th century on the Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain and its colonies, the services were called the packet trade. Steam driven packets were used extensively in the United States in the 19th century on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, supplying and bringing personnel to forts and trading posts.

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  1. packet boat

    A packet boat is a type of boat historically used for carrying mail, passengers, and goods on regularly scheduled, typically shorter routes. The name comes from the packets of mail they were originally designed to carry. Nowadays, the term is also used for slightly larger vessels, designed for both inland and ocean transport.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of packet boat in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of packet boat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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