| • | A spot. |
| • | A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V. |
| • | Rent; tribute. |
| • | A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor. |
| • | Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering. |
| • | A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage. |
| • | Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc. |
| • | To arm with mail. |
| • | To pinion. |
| • | A bag; a wallet. |
| • | 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. |
| • | That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office. |
| • | A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried. |
| • | 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. |
