Mail"clad` (?), a. Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armor. Sir W.
Scott.
Mailed (?), a. (Zoöl.) Protected by an external coat, or covering, of
scales or plates.
Mailed, a. [See 1st Mail.] Spotted; speckled.
Mail"ing (?), n. [Scot., fr. mail tribute, rent. See 2d Mail.] A farm.
[Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Mail"-shell` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A chiton.
Maim (mm), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maimed (mmd);p. pr. & vb. n. Maiming.]
[OE. maimen, OF. mahaignier, mehaignier, meshaignier, cf. It.
magagnare, LL. mahemiare, mahennare; perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Armor.
mac'haña to mutilate, mc'ha to crowd, press; or cf. OHG. mangn to lack,
perh. akin to E. mangle to lacerate. Cf. Mayhem.] 1. To deprive of the
use of a limb, so as to render a person in fighting less able either to
defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
By the ancient law of England he that maimed any man whereby he
lost any part of his body, was sentenced to lose the like part.
Blackstone.