(māl) noun
1. The governmental system for handling letters, etc., by post.
2. Letters, magazines and other printed matter, parcels, etc., consigned and sent from place to place under a governmental post–office system.
3. The collection or delivery of postal matter at a specified time: My letter missed the mail.
4. Letters, papers, etc., received by, or for, a person: Your mail is on the table.
5. A conveyance, as a train, plane, etc., for carrying postal matter.
—adjective Pertaining to or used in the process of conveying or handling mail.
—v.t. To send by mail, as letters; deposit in a mailbox or at a post office; post. ♦ Homophone: male. [<OF male <OHG malha a wallet]
—mail′a·ble adjective

(māl) noun
1. Armor of chains, rings, or scales: often called chain mail.
2. Any strong covering or defense, as the shell of a turtle.
—coat of mail A hauberk.
—v.t. To cover with or as with mail. ♦ Homophone: male. [<OF maille <L macula spot, mesh of a net]
CHAIN MAIL ARMOR

(māl) noun Scot. & Brit. Dial.
That which is paid; rent; wages. Also maill. ♦ Homophone: male. [OE māl <ON, speech, agreement; infl. in sense by ON māle contract, stipend]