| • | A tassel. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal. |
| • | A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes. |
| • | 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. |
| • | In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription. |
| • | To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package. |
| • | To affix in or on a label. |
