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English Dictionary: label	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for label
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
label n a brief description given for purposes of identification; "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture" trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent" Synonym(s): label, recording label a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object v assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'" attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles" Synonym(s): tag, label, mark pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here" Synonym(s): pronounce, label, judge distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Label \La"bel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Labeled}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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Label \La"bel\, n. [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, 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[91]val architecture. It always has a [?]quare form, as in the illustration. --Arch. Pub. Soc. 8. In medi[91]val art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription. --Fairholt.