n. - A spot.
n. - A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V.
n. - Rent; tribute.
n. - A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.
n. - Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
n. - A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
n. - Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
v. t. - To arm with mail.
v. t. - To pinion.
n. - A bag; a wallet.
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.
n. - That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.
n. - A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
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.