From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Label \La"bel\ (l[=a]"b[e^]l), noun [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. A tassel. [Obs.] --Huloet. --Fuller.
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. A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
4. A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
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. A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes. --Knight.
7. (Gothic Arch.) The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in medi[ae]val architecture. It always has a square form, as in the illustration. --Arch. Pub. Soc.
8. In medi[ae]val art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription. --Fairholt.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Label \La"bel\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Labeled} (l[=a]"b[e^]ld) or {Labelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Labeling} or {Labelling}.]
1. To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.
2. To affix in or on a label. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a brief description given for purposes of identification; "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture"
2: trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent" [syn: {recording label}]
3: a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
4: an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
verb
1: assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled 'learning disabled'"
2: attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles" [syn: {tag}, {mark}]
3: pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here" [syn: {pronounce}, {judge}]
4: distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
5: distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions [also: {labelling}, {labelled}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
262 Moby Thesaurus words for "label": achievement, alerion, animal charge, annulet, appellation, appellative, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, azure, bandeau, baptize, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings, bend, bend sinister, billet, billhead, binomen, binomial name, blazon, blazonry, blood, book stamp, bookplate, bordure, bracket, branch, brand, breed, broad arrow, byword, cachet, cadency mark, call, canton, cast, caste, categorize, category, chaplet, character, characterization, characterize, charge, check, chevron, chief, christen, clan, class, classification, classify, coat of arms, cockatrice, cognomen, colophon, color, coronet, counterfoil, countermark, crescent, crest, cross, cross moline, crown, cryptonym, define, denominate, denomination, describe, description, designate, designation, device, difference, differencing, division, docket, dub, eagle, earmark, empty title, entitle, epithet, eponym, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, estate, euonym, falcon, feather, fess, fess point, field, file, flanch, fleur-de-lis, form, fret, fur, fusil, garland, genre, genus, government mark, government stamp, grade, grain, griffin, group, grouping, gules, gyron, hallmark, handle, hatchment, head, heading, helmet, heraldic device, honor point, honorific, hyponym, identification, identifier, identify, ilk, impalement, impaling, imprint, inescutcheon, kidney, kin, kind, letterhead, level, line, lion, logo, logotype, lot, lozenge, make, manner, mantling, mark, marker, marshaling, martlet, mascle, masthead, metal, mold, moniker, motto, mullet, name, namesake, nature, nickname, nombril point, nomen, nomen nudum, nominate, number, octofoil, or, order, ordinary, orle, pale, paly, pean, peg, persuasion, pheon, phylum, pigeonhole, plate, portray, position, predicament, price tag, proper name, proper noun, purpure, quarter, quartering, race, rank, rating, registered trademark, rose, rubric, running head, running title, sable, saltire, scientific name, scutcheon, seal, secret name, section, sept, set, shape, shield, sigil, signet, sobriquet, sort, species, specify, spread eagle, stamp, station, status, sticker, strain, stratum, stripe, stub, style, subdivision, subgroup, suborder, subordinary, tab, tag, tally, tautonym, tenne, term, the like of, the likes of, ticket, tincture, title, title page, token, torse, trade name, trademark, trademark name, tressure, tribe, trinomen, trinomial name, type, unicorn, vair, variety, vert, wreath, yale
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