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Mailed   /meɪld/   Listen
verb
Mail  v. t.  
1.
To arm with mail.
2.
To pinion. (Obs.)



Mail  v. t.  (past & past part. mailed; pres. part. mailing)  To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter. (U. S.) Note: In the United States to mail and to post are both in common use; as, to mail or post a letter. In England post is the commoner usage.



adjective
Mailed  adj.  (Zool.) Protected by an external coat, or covering, of scales or plates.



Mailed  adj.  Spotted; speckled.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Mailed" Quotes from Famous Books



... not of Wendish Folk inside the Baltic—the force of the Norsemen seems to have been exhausted in their native lands. Once more only, if I remember right, did "Lochlin," really and hopefully send forth her "mailed swarm" to conquer a foreign land; and with a result unexpected alike by them and by their enemies. Had it been otherwise, we might not have ...
— Historical Lectures and Essays • Charles Kingsley

... grasps a mirror—pathic Otho's boast (Auruncan Actor's spoil), where, while his host, With shouts, the signal of the fight required, He viewed his mailed form; viewed, and admired! Lo, a new subject for the historic page, A MIRROR, midst the arms of ...
— The Works of Lord Byron - Poetry, Volume V. • Lord Byron

... Guy, Count of Ponthieu, was in a very bad humour. He strode up and down the courtyard with an angry scowl upon his handsome, haughty face; muttering to himself and reading a letter which had been brought to the castle by a mounted messenger. His mailed boots made a noisy clattering upon the pavement, and the men-at-arms felt that it would be safe to keep at ...
— Stories from English History • Hilda T. Skae

... list which Reverend Jurges sent us—names and addresses of his congregation. I've mailed them all descriptive matter; and I wrote Mr. Jurges that the price of his stock would be five dollars, but that we couldn't sell to his congregation for less than seven. That's right, isn't it? I told him Molino stock ...
— Carmen Ariza • Charles Francis Stocking

... made afterward, the change on the label will appear a month later. Please send early notice of change in post-office address, giving the former address and the new address, in order that our periodicals and occasional papers may be correctly mailed. ...
— The American Missionary - Vol. 44, No. 3, March, 1890 • Various


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