LABEL

label. Label, n. a short direction on any thing, a ribbon

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La″bel (lā″bĕl), 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. 1. A tassel. Huloet. Fuller.
2. 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. 3. A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
4. 4. A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
5. 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. 6. A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes. Knight.
7. 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. 8. In mediæval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription. Fairholt.