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English Dictionary: mail	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for mail
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mail n the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'" Synonym(s): mail, mail service, postal service, post a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post for me?"; "she was opening her post" Synonym(s): mail, post (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings Synonym(s): chain mail, ring mail, mail, chain armor, chain armour, ring armor, ring armour v send via the postal service; "I'll mail you the check tomorrow" Synonym(s): mail, get off cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written" Synonym(s): mail, post, send
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mail \Mail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mailing}.] 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. [U. S.] Note: In the United States to mail and to post are both in common use; as, to mail or post a letter. In England post is the commoner usage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mail \Mail\, v. t. 1. To arm with mail. 2. To pinion. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mail \Mail\, n. [OE. male bag, OF. male, F. malle bag, trunk, mail, OHG. malaha, malha, wallet; akin to D. maal, male; cf. Gael. & Ir. mala, Gr. [?] hide, skin.] 1. A bag; a wallet. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. 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. There is a mail come in to-day, with letters dated Hague. --Tatler. 3. That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office. 4. A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried. [Obs.] --Sir W. Scott. {Mail bag}, a bag in which mailed matter is conveyed under public authority. {Mail boat}, a boat that carries the mail. {Mail catcher}, an iron rod, or other contrivance, attached to a railroad car for catching a mail bag while the train is in motion. {Mail guard}, an officer whose duty it is to guard the public mails. [Eng.] {Mail train}, a railroad train carrying the mail.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mail \Mail\, n. A spot. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mail \Mail\, n. [F. maille, OF. also maaille, LL. medalia. See {Medal}.] 1. A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V. [Obs.] [Written also {maile}, and {maille}.] 2. Rent; tribute. [Obs., except in certain compounds and phrases, as blackmail, mails and duties, etc.] {Mail and duties} (Scots Law), the rents of an estate, in whatever form paid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mail \Mail\, n. [OE. maile, maille, F. maille a ring of mail, mesh, network, a coat of mail, fr. L. macula spot, a mesh of a net. Cf. {Macle}, {Macula}, {Mascle}.] 1. A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor. --Chaucer. {Chain mail}, {Coat of mail}. See under {Chain}, and {Coat}. 2. Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering. 3. (Naut.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage. 4. (Zo[94]l.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc. We . . . strip the lobster of his scarlet mail. --Gay.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
mail 1. {electronic mail}. 2. The {Berkeley Unix} program for composing and reading {electronic mail}. It normally uses {sendmail} to handle delivery. {Unix manual page}: mail(1) (1997-12-03)