packetingn.
/ˈpakᵻtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpækədɪŋ/ The action or process of packet v. (in various senses).
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1813 Boston Daily Advertiser 9 Mar. 3/4 The subscribers respectfully inform the publick that they continue the packeting business between Providence and New York.
1868 G. G. Channing Recoll. Newport 140 During the period of ‘packeting’, it was no unusual thing..for the best sloops to reach Peck Slip, New York, in sixteen to seventeen hours.
1959 Observer 29 Mar. 8/3 There is so much boiling, baking, processing, canning and packeting done in the factories that [etc.].
1999 Business Line (Nexis) 28 Aug. The packets are made of paper with foil layers. This helps them save on packeting costs.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- horse-litter
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