[mey-ling] 
| a batch of mail, as of form letters, catalogs, or monthly statements, sent by a mailer at one time: an enthusiastic response to our latest mailing. |
[mey-ling] | 1. | a rented farm. |
| 2. | the rent paid by a tenant farmer. |
[meyl] | 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. |
| 6. | of or pertaining to mail. |
| 7. | to send by mail; place in a post office or mailbox for transmission. |
| 8. | to transmit by electronic mail. |
| 9. | copy the mail, Citizens Band Radio Slang. to monitor or listen to a CB transmission. |
[meyl] | 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. |
| 4. | to clothe or arm with mail. |
| mail 1 (māl) n.
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.
To cover or armor with mail. [Middle English, from Old French maile, from Latin macula, blemish, mesh.] |
| mail·ing (mā'lĭng) n.
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mail
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