Label /(lā"bĕl)/

1. A tassel. [Obs.]
2. A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, and indicating, 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. 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. (Her.)
6. A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.
7. The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediæval architecture. It always has a square form, as in the illustration. (Gothic Arch.)
8. In mediæval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.

imp. & p. p. Labeled; p. pr. & vb. n. Labeling

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.]