Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - mail
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a letters and parcels etc. conveyed by post. b the postal system. c one complete delivery or collection of mail. d one delivery of letters to one place, esp. to a business on one occasion. 2 a vehicle carrying mail. 3 hist. a bag of letters for conveyance by post. --v.tr. esp. US send (a letter etc.) by post. Phrases and idioms mail-boat a boat carrying mail. mail carrier US a postman or postwoman. mail cart Brit. hist. 1 a cart for carrying mail by road. 2 a light vehicle for carrying children. mail coach a railway coach or hist. stagecoach used for carrying mail. mail drop US a receptacle for mail. mailing list a list of people to whom advertising matter, information, etc., is to be posted. mail order an order for goods sent by post. mail-order firm a firm doing business by post. mail train a train carrying mail. Etymology: ME f. OF male wallet f. WG 2. n. & v. --n. 1 armour made of rings, chains, or plates, joined together flexibly. 2 the protective shell, scales, etc., of an animal. --v.tr. clothe with or as if with mail. Phrases and idioms coat of mail a jacket covered with mail or composed of mail. mailed fist physical force. Derivatives mailed adj. Etymology: ME f. OF maille f. L macula spot, mesh
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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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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