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LA'BEL, n.
LA'BEL, v.t. To affix a label to.
A
tassel.
[Obs.] Huloet. Fuller. 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.
A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc.,
attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the
seal.
A writing annexed by way of addition, as a
codicil added to a will.
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.
A brass rule with sights, formerly used,
in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.
Knight. 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. In mediæval art, the representation
of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
Fairholt. To affix a label to] to
mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a
package.
To affix in or on a label.
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