(n.) A tassel.
(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.
(n.) A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to
hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
(n.) A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to
a will.
(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.
(n.) A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with
a circumferentor, to take altitudes.
(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.
(n.) In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll
containing an inscription.
(v. t.) To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to
label a bottle or a package.
(v. t.) To affix in or on a label.
