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Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
(2):
(n.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
(3):
(n.) That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.
(4):
(n.) A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.
(5):
(n.) A spot.
(6):
(n.) A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V.
(7):
(v. t.) 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.
(8):
(n.) Rent; tribute.
(9):
(v. t.) To pinion.
(10):
(n.) A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
(11):
(n.) 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):
(n.) A bag; a wallet.
(13):
(n.) Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
(14):
(v. t.) To arm with mail.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mail'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/mail.html. 1828.
