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1. A small piece of money; especially, an
English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V. [Obs.]
[Written also maile, and maille.]

2. Rent; tribute. [Obs., except in
certain compounds and phrases, as blackmail, mails and duties,
etc.]

Mail and duties (Scots Law), the
rents of an estate, in whatever form paid.

Mail, n. [OE. maile,
maille, F. maille a ring of mail, mesh, network, a coat
of mail, fr. L. macula spot, a mesh of a net. Cf.
Macle, Macula, Mascle.] 1.
A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used
especially for defensive armor. Chaucer.

Chain mail, Coat of mail.
See under Chain, and Coat.

2. Hence generally, armor, or any defensive
covering.

3. (Naut.) A contrivance of
interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white
cordage.

4. (Zoöl.) Any hard protective
covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of
a lobster, etc.

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