(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.
