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Mail
() Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
Mail
() To arm with mail.
Mail
() To pinion.
Mail
() A bag; a wallet.
Mail
() The bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter.
Mail
() That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.
Mail
() A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
Mailed
() of Mail
Mailing
() of Mail
Mail
() 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.
Mailable
() Admissible lawfully into the mail.
Mailclad
() Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armor.
Mailed
() Protected by an external coat, or covering, of scales or plates.
Mailed
() Spotted; speckled.
Mailing
() A farm.
Mail-shell
() A chiton.
Maimed
() of Maim
Maiming
() of Maim
Maim
() To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person on fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
Maim
() To mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair.
Maim
() The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
Maim
() The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential. See Mayhem.
Maimedly
() In a maimed manner.
Maimedness
() State of being maimed.
Main
() A hand or match at dice.
Main
() A stake played for at dice.
Main
() The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
Main
() A match at cockfighting.
Main
() A main-hamper.
Main
() Strength; force; might; violent effort.
Main
() The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.
Main
() The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.
Main
() The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.
Main
() principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main.
Main
() Very or extremely strong.
Main
() Vast; huge.
Main
() Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.
Main
() Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.
Main
() Important; necessary.
Main
() Very; extremely; as, main heavy.
Maine
() One of the New England States.
Main-gauche
() The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right; -- used to parry thrusts of the adversary's rapier.
Main-hamper
() A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press.
Mainland
() The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or peninsula.
Mainly
() Very strongly; mightily; to a great degree.
Mainly
() Principally; chiefly.
Mainmast
() The principal mast in a ship or other vessel.
Mainor
() A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.
Mainpernable
() Capable of being admitted to give surety by mainpernors; able to be mainprised.
Mainpernor
() A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day.