An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Germ. blackmal, id. from Alem. blak-en, praedari.

Mailer, Maillar, s.
1. A farmer.
Henrysone.
2. One who has a very small piece of ground, S.
Statist. Acc.

Mail-free, adj. Without paying rent, S.
Rutherford.

Mail-garden, s. A garden, the products of which are raised for sale, S.

Mailin, Mailing, Maling, s.
1. A farm, S. from mail, as being rented.
Maitland P.
2. The term during which a tenant possesses a farm.
Baron Courts.

Mail-man, s. A farmer.
Baron Courts.

Mail-payer, s. The same, S. B.
Ross.

To Mail, Maill, v. a. To rent.
Acts Ja. I.

MAILYIE, s.
1. In pl., the plates or links of which a coat of mail is composed.

Teut. maelie, orbiculus.