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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



... inaugural, and was one of the first to tell Mr. Gray so, and to express his pleasure and appreciation of the fact that his request (mailed in November) had been complied with, that the substance of his bills had been recommended in the ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... for sale by all booksellers, or will be mailed by the publishers, postage prepaid, on ...
— Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales • Ruth McEnery Stuart

... too close behind his comrade to permit of a second blow being struck. The lively Crusader, however, sprang upon him, threw his mailed arms round his neck, and held ...
— Personal Reminiscences in Book Making - and Some Short Stories • R.M. Ballantyne

... gate, for he was afforded much amusement at small expense to himself, and he cared little for the damage the front door received, as he had built his castle not for ornament but for his own protection. He was a man with an amazing vocabulary, and as he stood on the wall shaking his mailed fist at the intruders he poured forth upon them invective more personal ...
— The Strong Arm • Robert Barr

... distorted face that snapped and bit like the muzzle of a wolf, while all the time he heard that fearful, inarticulate note of blood-hunger at his ear. The Canadian's clenched hands crushed whatever they fell upon as if mailed with metal; the fingers were like tearing tongs that could not be loosed. It was a frightful combat, hideous from its inequality, like the battle of a man against a maddened beast whose teeth tore and whose claws ripped, whose every ...
— The Barrier • Rex Beach


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