mail2 (mal)

t. [ Old Robin of Port in gale (Child's Ballads, III. 38). Rent; hence, payment at a fixed rate, as the Some wore coat armour, imitating scale: And next their skins were stubborn shirts of mail . Dryden, Pal. and Arc., iii. 27. 4. By extension, armor of any sort. To teach that right is more than might, and justice more than mail! Whittier, Brown of O awatomie. rent or annual payment formerly extorted by the border robbers. Compare blackmail. [Old Scotch.] I'll pay you for my lodging maill , When first we meet on the Border side. Kinmont Willie (Child's Ballads, VI. 65). Hence-5. Any defensive covering, as the Mall noble, en English gold coin of the reign of Ed IMG:content-0097.png:[blocks in formation] ward current for 4d. Also called half -noble.Mails and duties, the rents of real estate due from the tenant to the lord, whether in money or grain. mail4 (māl), n. [ After the flax has been bruised by the mail , and crushed by the braque, it is ready for the scutching proce . Ure, Dict., II. 415. 2. A French game similar to chicane. mail5 (māl), n. A weight equal to about 105 pounds avoirdupois. [Orkney.] mailable (ma'la-bl), a. [ mailaid