vt to affix in or on a label.
2. label ·noun a tassel.
3. label ·noun a writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
4. label ·vt to affix a label to; to mark with a name, ·etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.
5. label ·noun a brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.
6. label ·noun a slip of ribbon, parchment, ·etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
7. label ·noun in mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
8. label ·noun 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.
9. label ·noun 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.
10. label ·noun 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.