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