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mailed

  [meyld]
Use mailed in a Sentence
–adjective
clad or armed with mail: a mailed knight.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see mail 2 , -ed 3

mail

1  [meyl]
–noun
1. letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
2. a single collection of such letters, packages, etc., as sent or delivered: to open one's mail; to find a bill in the mail; The mail for England was put on the noon plane.
3. Also, mails. the system, usually operated or supervised by the national government, for sending or delivering letters, packages, etc.; postal system: to buy clothes by mail.
4. a train, boat, etc., as a carrier of postal matter.
5. electronic mail; e-mail.
–adjective
6. of or pertaining to mail.
–verb (used with object)
7. to send by mail; place in a post office or mailbox for transmission.
8. to transmit by electronic mail.
—Idiom
9. copy the mail, Citizens Band Radio Slang. to monitor or listen to a CB transmission.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME male (n.) < OF malle < Gmc; cf. OHG mal(a)ha satchel, bag

mail

2  [meyl]
–noun
1. flexible armor of interlinked rings.
2. any flexible armor or covering, as one having a protective exterior of scales or small plates.
3. Textiles. an oval piece of metal pierced with a hole through which the warp ends are threaded, serving as an eyelet on a heddle or esp. on the harness cords of a Jacquard loom.
–verb (used with object)
4. to clothe or arm with mail.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME maille one of the rings of which armor was composed < OF < L macula spot, one of the interstices in a net; cf. macula

Related forms:
mailless, adjective
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mail 1   (māl)   
n.  

    1. Materials, such as letters and packages, handled in a postal system.

    2. Postal material for a specific person or organization.

    3. Material processed for distribution from a post office at a specified time: the morning mail.

  2. A system by which letters, packages, and other postal materials are transported. Used in the plural with the.

  3. A vehicle by which mail is transported.

  4. Mail or messages sent electronically; e-mail.

v.   mailed, mail·ing, mails

v.   tr.
To send by mail.
v.   intr.
To send letters and other postal material by mail.

[Middle English male, bag, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]
mail'a·ble adj., mail'a·bil'i·ty n.
mail 2   (māl)   
n.  

  1. Flexible armor composed of small overlapping metal rings, loops of chain, or scales.

  2. The protective covering of certain animals, as the shell of a turtle.

tr.v.   mailed, mail·ing, mails
To cover or armor with mail.

[Middle English, from Old French maile, from Latin macula, blemish, mesh.]
mailed   (māld)   
adj.  

  1. Covered with or made of plates of mail: a mailed sleeve.

  2. Having a hard covering of scales, spines, or horny plate, as an armadillo or a lobster.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
mail

  1. n.
    money. : The bills are due. I need some mail.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

mail  (2)
"metal ring armor," c.1320, from O.Fr. maille "link of mail, mesh of net," from L. macula "mesh in a net," originally "spot, blemish," on notion that the gaps in a net or mesh looked like spots.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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