- (v.t.) To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter.
- (n.) A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.
- (n.) That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.
- (n.) A bag; a wallet.
- (v.t.) To pinion.
- (n.) The bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter.
- (n.) A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V.
- (n.) Rent; tribute.
- (n.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
- (v.t.) To arm with mail.
- (n.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
- (n.) A spot.
- (n.) Hence generally, armor or any defensive covering.
- (n.) A trunk, box or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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