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(noun) a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system
mail, mail service, postal service, post
(noun) the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; āthe mail handles billions of items every dayā; āhe works for the United States mail serviceā; āin England they call mail āthe postāā
(noun) the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
mail, post
(noun) any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered; āyour mail is on the tableā; āis there any post for me?ā; āshe was opening her postā
mail, post, send
(verb) cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; āsend me your latest resultsā; āIāll mail you the paper when itās writtenā
mail, get off
(verb) send via the postal service; āIāll mail you the check tomorrowā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
mail (countable and uncountable, plural mails)
(now regional) A bag or wallet. [from 13thc.]
A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
The material conveyed by the postal service. [from 17thc.]
(dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
The postal service or system in general. [from 17thc.]
(chiefly US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person. [from 19thc.]
(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer networkābased service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages. [from 20thc.]
A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc, may be carried.
Usage notes
In the United States, mails (plural) can mean "the postal system".
Synonyms
• (postal system): post (UK, Ireland, other dialects?)
Verb
mail (third-person singular simple present mails, present participle mailing, simple past and past participle mailed)
(ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
(ditransitive) To send by electronic mail.
(transitive) To contact (a person) by electronic mail.
Synonyms
• (send through the mail): post
Etymology 2
Noun
mail (usually uncountable, plural mails)
(uncountable) Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.
(nautical) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
(obsolete, rare) A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.
Verb
mail (third-person singular simple present mails, present participle mailing, simple past and past participle mailed)
(transitive) To arm with mail.
(transitive) To pinion.
Etymology 3
Noun
mail (plural mails)
(historical) An old French coin worth half a denier.
(chiefly, Scottish) A monetary payment or tribute.
(chiefly, Scottish) Rent.
(chiefly, Scottish) Tax.
Anagrams
• Liam, Lima, Mali, Mila, alim, lima, mali
Source: Wiktionary
Mail, n.
Definition: A spot. [Obs.]
Mail, n. Etym: [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.
Mail, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
4. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: 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.
Mail, v. t.
1. To arm with mail.
2. To pinion. [Obs.]
Mail, n. Etym: [OE. male bag, OF. male, F. malle bag, trunk, mail, OHG. malaha, malha, wallet; akin to D. maal, male; cf. Gael. & Ir. mala, Gr.
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.
Mail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mailing.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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