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Label
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.
(2):
(n.) A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
(3):
(n.) A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
(4):
(v. t.) To affix in or on a label.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(n.) In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
(7):
(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.
(8):
(n.) A tassel.
(9):
(v. t.) To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.
(10):
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Label'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/label.html. 1828.
