maill

noun Scot.

1. mail3.

noun Scot.

1. monetary payment or tribute, especially rent or tax.

noun

1. Also called (esp Brit): post letters, packages, etc, that are transported and delivered by the post office
2. the postal system
3. a single collection or delivery of mail
4. a train, ship, or aircraft that carries mail
5. short for electronic mail
6. (modifier) of, involving, or used to convey maila mail train

verb (tr)

7. mainly US and Canadian to send by mailUsual Brit word: post
8. to contact (a person) by electronic mail
9. to send (a message, document, etc) by electronic mail

noun

1. a type of flexible armour consisting of riveted metal rings or links
2. the hard protective shell of such animals as the turtle and lobster

verb

3. (tr) to clothe or arm with mail

noun

1. archaic, mainly Scot a monetary payment, esp of rent or taxes

noun

1. Australian informal a rumour or report, esp a racing tip

n.1“post, letters,” c.1200, “a traveling bag,” from Old French male “wallet, bag, bundle,” from Frankish *malha or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *malho- (cf. Old High German malaha “wallet, bag,” Middle Dutch male “bag”), from PIE *molko- “skin, bag.” Sense extension to “letters and parcels” (18c.) is via “bag full of letter” (1650s) or “person or vehicle who carries postal matter” (1650s). In 19c. England, mail was letters going abroad, while home dispatches were post. Sense of “personal batch of letters” is from 1844, originally American English. n.2“metal ring armor,” c.1300, from Old French maille “link of mail, mesh of net,” from Latin macula “mesh in a net,” originally “spot, blemish,” on notion that the gaps in a net or mesh looked like spots. v.“send by post,” 1828, American English, from mail (n.1). Related: Mailed; mailing; mailable. Mailing list attested from 1876. n.3“rent, payment,” from Old English mal (see blackmail (n.)).