n.
A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package.
n.
A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
n.
A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
n.
A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living.
n.
A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.
n.
The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. It always has a /quare form, as in the illustration.
n.
In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
v. t.
To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.
v. t.
To affix in or on a label.
n.
The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape.
n.
A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.
a.
Slipping; sliding; gliding.