MAIL

I. noun Etymology: Middle English male, ~le, from Old English māl agreement, pay, from Old Norse māl speech, agreement; akin to Old English mǣl speech Date: before 12th century payment , rent , II. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English male, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German malaha bag Date: 13th century bag , wallet , 2. material sent or carried in the postal system, a conveyance that transports ~, e-~ 2a, a nation's postal system, III. transitive verb Date: 1827 to send by ~ ; post , ~ability noun ~able adjective IV. noun Etymology: Middle English ~le metal link, ~, from Anglo-French, from Latin macula spot, mesh Date: 14th century armor made of metal links or sometimes plates, a hard enclosing covering of an animal (as a tortoise), ~ed adjective