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chain-armour, is also used of armour generally, whether plate or chain, and is also transferred to the horny defensive coverings of animals, such as the See also:

TORTOISE

tortoise, crab, &c. (see ARMS AND ARMOUR). (2) (0. Eng. mal, speech; probably the same as O. Saxon mahal, See also:

ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly; in meaning connected with O.Norse male, stipulation), a Scots See also:

law See also:

TERM

term meaning See also:

RENT

rent, tax. " Mails and duties " are the rents, whether in See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind or See also:

MONEY

money, of an See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate. In See also:

ENGLISH

English the word only survives in " See also:

BLACKMAIL

blackmail " (q.v.).. (3) (Through 0. Fr. male, mod. malle, a See also:

Teutonic word surviving in Dutch maal), properly a bag, especially one used in travelling; this word, which appears in See also:

CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer, is now applied chiefly to the despatch and delivery of postal See also:

MATTER

matter. In this sense " mail" is properly the bag in which such matter is conveyed, and hence is applied to the contents of the mail, postal matter collectively, and to the See also:

TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train, carts, or other means used in the despatch and delivery of the same.

In See also:

general usage " mail " is confined to the " See also:

FOREIGN

foreign " as opposed to the " inland " despatch of letters, &c., and to which the word " See also:

POST

post " is chiefly applied; in See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, the word refers to the inland despatch. The word appears also in " mail-See also:

COACH (through the Fr. coche, originally from the Magyar kocsi, an adjective from the Hungarian place named Kocs, between Raab and Buda, i.e. the sort of vehicle used there in the 15th century)

coach," a coach used for conveying the mails, and in " mail-See also:

CART (A.S. crcet, Gaelic cairt; connected with " car ")

cart," a cart similarly employed. This word is also applied to a See also:

LIGHT

light See also:

low vehicle propelled or See also:

DRAWN

drawn by See also:

hand, suitable for See also:

young See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children. The " mail phaeton " is a type of phaeton with high seat for two persons and drawn by a pair of horses.

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