[mail] n [ME male, maille, fr. OE mal agreement, pay, fr. ON mal speech, agreement; akin to OE mael speech] (bef. 12c) chiefly Scot: payment, rent
[2]mail n, often attrib [ME male, fr. OF, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG malaha bag] (13c) 1 chiefly Scot: bag, wallet
2. a: something sent or carried in the postal system b: a conveyance that transports mail c: messages sent electronically to an individual (as through a computer system)
3: a nation's postal system--often used in pl. [3]mail vt (1827): to send by mail: post -- mail.abil.i.ty n -- mail.able adj [4]mail n [ME maille, fr. MF, fr. L macula spot, mesh] (14c) 1: armor made of metal links or sometimes plates
2: a hard enclosing covering of an animal (as a tortoise) -- mailed adj