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maill

maill is the obsolete form of mail.

Meaning of mail

Noun

mail (countable and uncountable, plural mails)

  1. (regional) A bag or wallet.
    • What, loo, man, see here of dyce a bale; / A brydelynge caste for that is in thy male!1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte
  2. A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
  3. The (physical) material conveyed by the postal service.
    • Meronym: mailpiece
    Synonyms:
    snail mail
    Antonyms:
    email
    1. (US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.
      • It should be in your mail today, unless the post office lost it!
  4. (dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
    • All trains stop at all stations, with the exception of a few "local" stations near Mombasa and an odd flag stop or two usually missed by the mails.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263
  5. The postal service or system in general.
    • He decided to send his declaration by mail.
    Synonyms:
    post

See all 24 meanings of mail

Forms of maill

pluralmaills

Questions about maill

What is maill the obsolete form of?
Maill is the obsolete form of mail.

Words near maill in the dictionary

  1. mailing list
  2. mailing lists
  3. mailing shot
  4. mailing shots
  5. mailings
  6. maill
  7. mailladies
  8. maillady
  9. Maillard
  10. Maillard browning
  11. Maillard reaction

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