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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ 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)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.]
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mail \Mail\, v. t.
     1. To arm with mail.
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     2. To pinion. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mail \Mail\ (m[=a]l), 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. molgo`s hide, skin.]
     1. A bag; a wallet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     2. The bag or bags with the letters, 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.
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              There is a mail come in to-day, with letters dated
              Hague.                                --Tatler.
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     3. That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received
        through the post office.
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     4. A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be
        carried. [Obs.] --Sir W. Scott.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mail \Mail\ (m[=a]l), n.
     A spot. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.]
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     2. Rent; tribute. [Obs., except in certain compounds and
        phrases, as blackmail, mails and duties, etc.]
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     Mail and duties (Scots Law), the rents of an estate, in
        whatever form paid.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mail \Mail\ (m[=a]l), 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.
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     Chain mail, Coat of mail. See under Chain, and Coat.
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     2. Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
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     3. (Naut.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing
        off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
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     4. (Zo["o]l.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as
        the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster,
        etc.
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              We . . . strip the lobster of his scarlet mail.
                                                    --Gay.
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