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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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lā′bel, n. a small slip of writing affixed to anything to denote its contents, ownership, c.: (law) a paper annexed to a will, as a codicil: (her.) a fillet with pendants: (archit.) the dripstone over a Gothic window or doorway arch.—v.t. to affix a label to: to describe by or on a label:—pr.p. lā′belling; pa.t. and pa.p. lā′belled. [O. Fr. label (Fr. lambeau); perh. from Old High Ger. lappa (Ger. lappen).]
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In heraldry, is the mark of cadency which distinguishes the eldest son in his father’s lifetime. It consists of a horizontal stripe or fillet, with three points depending from it. When the mark of cadency itself is designated a file, its points are called labels.
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