different between shail vs smail

English

Verb

shail (third-person singular simple present shails, present participle shailing, simple past and past participle shailed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To walk sideways.

Anagrams

• Hails, Lashi, Sahli, alish, hails, hilsa

Irish

Noun

shail

1. Lenited form of sail.

Mutation

English

Etymology

From snail mail, patterned on email.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??s.me?l/, /sme?l/

Noun

smail (uncountable)

1. (Internet, dated) Conventional postal mail; snail mail.
   • 1997 November 18, “SteveH1491” (username), “Trick Int'l smail address?”, in alt.music.cheap-trick, Usenet.
   • 2000 August 5, “Robin” (username), “Re: Letter from india”, in uk.politics.misc and other newsgroups, Usenet:

     On a similar note just imagine if we could persuade companies that sending junk smail is hugely ineffective. All those people, using all that paper, printers, ink, postmen etc etc.

   • 2002 July 15, “Thor” (username), “Looking for Maisto On Track Diescast Trains”, in rec.models.railroad, Usenet:

     If anyone knows a smail order or internet vendor who carries them, please let me know ¶

Verb

smail (third-person singular simple present smails, present participle smailing, simple past and past participle smailed)

1. (Internet, dated) To send by postal mail.

Anagrams

• Islam, Salim, Simla, alims, limas, mails, malis, misal, salmi, simal