Dictionary entry

Mail (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mail, n. [F. maille, OF. also maaille, LL. medalia. See Medal.] 1. A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V. [Written also maile, and maille.]

2. Rent; tribute.

Mail and duties(Scots Law), the rents of an estate, in whatever form paid.