1. (n.) A tassel.

2. (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.

3. (n.) A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.

4. (n.) A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.

5. (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.

6. (n.) A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.

7. (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 square form, as in the illustration.

8. (n.) In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.

9. (v. t.) To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.

10. (v. t.) To affix in or on a label.

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