label

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1. 1.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.
2. 2.A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
3. 3.A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
4. 4.(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.
5. 5.A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes. Knight.
6. 6.(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 Arch. Pub. Soc.
7. 7.In mediæval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription. Fairholt.
8. 8.To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.
9. 9.To affix in or on a label. [R.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is a slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal called?
• What is a writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is a brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes. Knight called?
• What is 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 Arch. Pub. Soc called?
• What is in mediæval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription. Fairholt called?
• What is to affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package called?