These are the meanings of the letters AMLIV when you unscramble them.
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Lima (n.)
The capital city of Peru, in South America.
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Mail (n.)
A bag; a wallet.
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Mail (n.)
A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
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Mail (n.)
A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.
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Mail (n.)
A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V.
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Mail (n.)
A spot.
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Mail (n.)
A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
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Mail (n.)
Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
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Mail (n.)
Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
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Mail (n.)
Rent; tribute.
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Mail (n.)
That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.
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Mail (n.)
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.
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Mail (v. t.)
To arm with mail.
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Mail (v. t.)
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.
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Mail (v. t.)
To pinion.
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Vail (n.)
An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
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Vail (n.)
Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
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Vail (n.)
Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.
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Vail (n.)
Submission; decline; descent.
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Vail (n. & v. t.)
Same as Veil.
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Vail (v. i.)
To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.
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Vail (v. t.)
To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
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Vail (v. t.)
To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.
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Vial (n.)
A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine.
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Vial (v. t.)
To put in a vial or vials.