Mail

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1. Noun

A spot.

2. Noun

A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V.

3. Noun

Rent; tribute.

4. Noun

A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.

5. Noun

Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.

6. Noun

A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.

7. Noun

Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.

8. Verb

To arm with mail.

9. Verb

To pinion.

10. Noun

A bag; a wallet.

11. Noun

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.

12. Noun

That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.

13. Noun

A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.

14. Verb

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.

15. Noun

the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
Vocabulary classified under Business and finance

16. Noun

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’"
Vocabulary classified under Media and communication
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