Definitions for the word "label" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A tassel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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 /quare form, as in the illustration.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To affix in or on a label.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
1 piece of paper etc. Attached to an object to give information about it. 2 short classifying phrase applied to a person etc. 3 logo, title, or trademark of a company. v. (-ll-; us -l-) 1 attach a label to. 2 (usu. Foll. By as) assign to a category. 3 replace (an atom) by an atom of a usu. Radioactive isotope as a means of identification. [french]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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