La"bel , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Labeled (-b&ebreve;ld) or Labelled;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Labeling or Labelling.]
1. To affix
a label to;
to mark with a name,
etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.
2. To affix in or on a label. [R.]
La"bel (lā"b&ebreve;l), n. [OF. label sort of ribbon or
fringe, label in heraldry, F. lambeau shred, strip, rag; of
uncertain origin; cf. L. labellum, dim. of labrum lip, edge, margin, G. lappen flap, patch, rag, tatter (cf. Lap of a dress), W. llab, llabed, label, flap, Gael. leab, leob, slice, shred, hanging lip.]
1. A tassel. [Obs.] Huloet. Fuller.
2. A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, and indicating,
usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package.
3. A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc.,
attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
4. A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
5. (Her.) 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.
6. A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes. Knight.
7. (Gothic Arch.) The name now
generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediæval architecture.
It always has a square
form, as in
the illustration.
Arch. Pub. Soc.
8. In mediæval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
Fairholt.
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