Label

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1. Noun

A tassel.

2. Noun

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.

3. Noun

A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.

4. Noun

A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.

5. Noun

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. Noun

A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.

7. Noun

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. Noun

In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.

9. Verb

To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.

10. Verb

To affix in or on a label.

11. Noun

a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
Vocabulary classified under Physics

12. Noun

a brief description given for purposes of identification; "the label modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture"
Vocabulary classified under Linguistics
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