label 
cases the label, whether a bearing or a difference, has 
an odd number of points. These points are also called 
laynbeaux. In a very few cases the label is borne bend- 
wise. A label of three (or more) points crossed has, in- 
stead of the ordinary lambeaux, small 
crosses pointing downward, which 
may be Latin crosses reversed or Greek 
crosses. A label of three (or more) 
pomegranates pendent has, instead of 
larabeaux, rounded fruit represented 
as burst open. A label of three (or 
more) tags pendent has, instead of 
lambeaux, strips intended to repre- 
sent the parchment ribbons to which 
seals are affixed in ancient documents. Label of threepoints. 
A label with the points erect, or a label 
reversed, is seldom used by itself, but in connection with 
an ordinary label, in which case the blazon is a label coun- 
terposed with another, the points erect, or two labels in- 
dorsed, or more rarely bars-gemel patti. See lambeait. 
Also called file and lainbel. 
The said Sir William said on his oth, in the tenth yeare 
of Henrie the fourth, that before the times of Edward the 
third the labell of three points was the different appropriat 
and appurtenant for the cognizance of the next heire. 
Holimhed, Rich. II., an. 1390. 
3. A slip of paper or any other material, bear- 
ing a name, title, address, or the like, affixed 
to something to indicate its nature, contents, 
ownership, destination, or other particulars. 
Post. When I waked, I found 
This label on my bosom. . . . 
IMC. Read, and declare the meaning. 
Shak., Cymbeline, v. 5, 430. 
4. A narrow slip of parchment or paper, or a 
ribbon of silk, affixed to a diploma, deed, or 
other formal writing, to hold the appended 
seal. 
Ere this hand, by thee to Romeo seal'd, 
Shall be the label to another deed. 
Shak., R. and J., iv. 1, 57. 
5. In law, a paper annexed to a will by way of 
addition, as a codicil. 6. A small reserved 
space in a work of art, or the like, forming a 
panel or cartouche, used for containing a name, 
monogram, or other mark for identification. 
7. In medieval arch., a, projecting tablet or mold- 
ing over a door or window. See dripstone, 1. 
Also called label-molding. 8. A long, thin brass 
rule, with a small sight at one end and a center- 
hole at the other, commonly used with a tan- 
gent line on the edge of a circumferentor, to 
take altitudes, etc. 
Then haste thou a labell, that is shapen like a rule, saue 
that it is strait and hath no plates on either ende. 
Chaucer, Astrolabe. 
9t. Border; verge; marge. 
On Ascension Eve, May loth, being in the town of 
Dover (standing as it were on tip-toes, on the utmost edge, 
brink, and label of that land which he was about to sur- 
render), King John, by an instrument or charter, . . . 
granted to God, and the church of Rome, . . . the whole 
kingdom of England and Ireland. 
Fuller, Ch. Hist., III. iv. 13. 
label 1 (la'bel), r. t. ; pret. and pp. labeled or 
labelled, ppr. labeling or labelling. [< label 1 , n.] 
1. To affix a label to; mark with a label: as, 
to label a package to be despatched by express. 
2. To designate or describe by or on a label ; 
characterize by inscription : as, the bottle was 
labeled poison. 3f. To set forth or describe 
in a label (in the legal sense). 
I will give out divers schedules of my beauty ; it shall 
be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labelled to 
my will : as, item, two lips, indifferent red. 
Shak., T. N., i. 5, 265. 
4. In arch., to furnish with labels or hood-mold- 
ings. See label 1 , n., 7. 
If a castle appear in the distance, with its donjon keep, 
it* towers, and labelled windows, its mullions and corbels 
R. P. Ward, De Clifford, xli. 
label 2 (la'bel), re. [< L. labellum, a little lip: see 
labellum.] In bot., same as labellum, 1. 
labeler, labeller (la'bel-er), n. One who af- 
fixes labels to anything. 
labeling-machine (la'bel-ing-ma-shen"), . A 
machine for affixing paper labels, advertise- 
ments, or covers to cans, bottles, boxes, or 
packages. 
labellum (la-bel'um), n. ; pi. lobelia (-a). [L., 
dim. of labrum, a lip : see labrum.] 1. In bot., 
one of the three 
divisions of an 
orchidaceous 
corolla, differ- 
ing from the 
others in shape 
or direction, 
and not seldom 
spurred ; the 
lip. Theoretically 
it is the petal near- 
fha^tS of"tS L - Lal ?! lum of "> &t"*M*>W<~ 
a nall-tWISt Of the and (2) Platanthera rotttndifolia. 
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ovary it becomes the outer petal, nearest the bract. The 
term is applicable to similar petals in other flowers. Also 
label. 
2. In entom., a part of the mouth of an insect, 
by some considered to be the epipharynx. In 
Diptera the labellum is one of a pair of tumid 
lobes terminating the theea of the proboscis. 
label-machine (la'bel-ma-shen"), . A ma- 
chine for punching, printing, gumming, and 
cutting out labels for cans, bottles, boxes, etc., 
from a continuous roll of paper. 
labent (la'bent), a. [< L. laben(t-)s, ppr. of labi, 
fall, slide. Cf. labile, lapse.] Sliding; gliding. 
[Bare.] 
Labeo (la'be-6), . [NL., < L. labco, one who 
has largo lips, < labium, lip: see labium.] 1. In 
Cuvier's system of classification, a genus of cy- 
prinoid fishes. 2. In entom., & genus of hyme- 
nopterous parasites of the proctotrupid subfam- 
ily Dryinina;, having the occiput deeply con- 
cave, and vertex and neck separated by a sharp 
angle. There are two species, one European and 
one North American. The genus was founded 
by Haliday in 1833. 
Labia 1 (la'bi-a), n. [NL., < Gr. iapf/, a han- 
dle, or Ao/fff, a handle, forceps, < Aappaveiv, /M- 
[leiv, take. Of. labis.] A genus of earwigs of 
the family Forficulidte, having the body short 
and the antennse with fewer than twelve joints. 
L. minor is the little earwig, a European species 
found in manure-heaps and hotbeds. Leach, 
1815. 
labia 2 , . Plural of labium. 
labial (la'bi-al), a. and n. [= F. labial = Sp. 
Pg. labial = It. labiale, < ML. labialis, pertain-, 
ing to the lips, < L. labium, lip : see labium.] 
1. a. 1. In anat. and zool., pertaining to the 
lips or to a lip-like part; situated on or by a 
lip; having a lip-like character, as in shape, 
position, or office: as, a labial vessel or nerve ; 
a labial fold or process. 2. In entom., pertain- 
ing to the labium, or lower lip of an insect. 3. 
Formed by the lips, as a sound. See II., 1. 
The Hebrews have been diligent in it, and have assigned 
which letters are labiall, which dentall, which gutturall. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist., 198. 
4. Giving forth tones produced by the impact 
of a stream of air upon a sharp edge or lip : ap- 
plied to musical instruments such as the flute or 
the flue-pipes of an organ Labial appendages. 
Same as brachial appendages (which see, under brachial). 
Labial glands. See gland. Labial palpi, in entom. , 
two organs, each consisting of from one to four joints, at- 
tached to basal lobes on the sides of the ligula or to the 
front margin of the mentum. See cuts under Hymenop- 
tera, Insecta, and mouth-part. Labial pipe, in music, an 
organ-pipe with lips ; a flue-pipe. Labial segment, that 
primary body-ring which in insects bears the labium or 
united second maxilla!. The gena?, occiput, and cervical 
sclerites have been variously supposed to represent this 
segment, which in spiders is transferred to the thorax. See 
postoral. 
II. n. 1. A letter or character representing 
an articulate sound which in speaking is accom- 
panied by a proximate or complete closure of 
the lips. The labials in English are the mutes p, b, the 
nasal m, and the fricative/, v (usually made between lips 
and teeth, and hence called more exactly labiodentals); 
and the semivowel w and vowels oo (o) and o, as involving 
a rounding of the lips, are often ranked in the same class. 
2. In lierpet., one of a series of plates or scales 
which lie along the edge of the lips, especially 
in Opliidia, those of the upper lip being the su- 
perior labials, those of the lower lip the in- 
ferior labials. 3. In entom., one of the labial 
palpi. 
Labiales (la-bi-a'lez), n. pi. [NL. (Lindley, 
1833), pi. of ML. labialis, labial: see labial.] In 
Lindley's earlier system of botanical classifica- 
tion (1833), a group of plants in the cohort Perso- 
nate, embracing the orders Labiate, Verbena- 
cece, Myoporinece, and Selaginece, in all of which 
the corolla is more or less labiate. In his later 
system the Labiales are embraced chiefly in his 
Echiales. 
labialism (la'bi-al-izm), n. [< labial + -ism.] 
A tendency to labial pronunciation that is, to 
change articulate sounds to labials or to labio- 
dentals; labialization. 
In one set fof cognate words] we see the phenomenon 
of labialism, in the other assibilation, but no touch of 
labialism. Encyc. Brit., XIII. 810. 
labialization (la"bi-al-i-za'shon), re. [< labial- 
ize + -ation.] The act or process of labializing; 
conversion to a labial. 
The phenomena of palatalization and labialization. 
Tram. Amer. Philol. Ass., XVI. 67. 
labialize (la'bi-al-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. la- 
bialized, ppr. labializing. [< labial + 4ze.~\ To 
nmke labial; give a labial character to; change 
to utterance with the lips. 
Labiate Corolla of B 

labiodental 
A tendency to labialize back vowels. 
Amer. Jour. Philol., V. 515. 
There is reason for believing that this labializing ten- 
dency is very old as old indeed as the Indo-European 
language itself. Encyc. Brit., XIII. 810. 
labially (la'bi-al-i), adv. In a labial manner ; 
by means of the lips. 
Labiatae(la-bi-a'te), n. pi. [NL. (A. L. Jus- 
sieu, 1789), fern. pi. of laoiatus, lipped: see la- 
biate.] The mint family, a very important and 
extensive natural order of dicotyledonous gam- 
opetalous plants, with a labiate corolla, and a 
four-lobed ovary, changing to four seed-like 
monospermous fruits. This order contains about 
2,600 species, mostly herbs, undershrubs, or shrubs, rarely 
arborescent, with opposite or whorled leaves, usually 
square stems, and a thyrsoid or whorled inflorescence. 
They are spread throughout the world, being most strongly 
represented in the Mediterranean and eastern regions, 
but abounding in all temperate latitudes. Many of the 
species are valued for their fragrance, as lavender and 
thyme; others for their stimulating qualities, as mint and 
peppermint ; others as aromatics, as savory, basil, and 
marjoram ; several are used as febrifuges, as the Ocimum 
viride of Sierra Leone. Rosemary is used in the manu- 
facture of Hungary water, and its oil is that which gives 
the green color to bear's grease and like pomatums. Bet- 
ouy, ground-ivy, hoarhound, and others have bitter tonic 
qualities. Numerous species possess great beauty, as va- 
rious kinds of sage, Gardoquia, and Dracocephalum. 
labiate (la'bi-at), a. and n. [= F. labie = Sp. 
Pg. labiado = It. laUato, < NL. labiatus, lipped, 
< L. labiuni, lip : see 
labium.] I. a. Lip- 
ped ; having parts 
which are shaped or 
arranged like lips. 
(o) In bot. : (1) Lipped ; 
nearly always, two-lip- 
ped: the same as bilabi- 
ate : said of a gamopeta- 
louscorollaorgamosepa- 
lous calyx. Compare to- ,,. , corolla, seen from the side; 
biose. (2) Pertaining to *, same laid open, front view. 
the Labiatce. (b) In anat. 
and zool., formed like a lip ; labial in shape, office, or ap- 
pearance. (c) In enlom.. having thickened, fleshy mar- 
gins : applied to an orifice, as the end of the proboscis of 
a house-fly. 
II. n. A plant of the natural order Labiatce. 
labiated (la'bi-a-ted), a. [< labiate + -erf 2 .] 
Same as labiate. 
Labiatiflorae (la-bi-a-ti-flo're), n. pi. [NL., 
f em. pi. of labiatiflorus : see labiatiflorovs.] In 
bot., according to De Candolle, Gray, and oth- 
ers, a series of the natural order Composites. 
The flowers are mostly hermaphrodite, and the corolla is 
divided into two lips. It was regarded by Lindley and 
Endlicher as a suborder, and is coextensive with the tribe 
Afutiziacece. 
labiatiflorous (la-bi-a-ti-flo'rus), a. [< NL. la- 
biatiflorus, < labiatus, labiate, + L. flos (flor-), 
flower.] Having the flowers with labiate corol- 
las: said only of the Labiatiflorce. 
labidpmeter (lab-i-dom'e-ter), n. [< Gr. Za/ilf 
(/ta/3/rf-), a forceps (see labis), + fierpov, a mea- 
sure.] In obstet., a scale adapted to the han- 
dles of the forceps, which indicates the distance 
of the blades from each other when applied to 
the head of the child. Dunglison. 
Labidura (lab-i-du'ra), n. pi. [NL., neut. pi. 
of *labidurus, < Gr. /l<z/3if (AaftiS-), a holder, for- 
ceps, + ovpa, tail.] A suborder of Orthoptera, 
distinguishing the Forficulidw alone from other 
orthopterous insects : a synonym of Euplexop- 
tera and of Dermaptera in a limited sense. 
labiella (la-bi-el'a), !, ; pi. labiellce (-e). [NL., 
dim. of L. labium, a lip : see labium.] In My- 
riapoda, a median single or multiple piece of 
the deutomala, situated between the malulellee. 
A. 8. Packard, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc., June, 
1883, p. 200. 
labile (lab'il), a. [= OF. and F. labile, < L. 
labilis, apt to slip, transient, < labi, fall, slip : 
see labent.] Unstable; liable to err, fall, or 
apostatize. [Bare.] 
But sensibility and intelligence, being by their nature 
and essence free, must be labile , and by their lability may 
actually lapse, degenerat, and by habit acquire a second 
nature. Cheyne, Regimen, v. 
lability (la-bil'i-ti), n. [= OF. labilcte, < ML. 
labilita(t-)s, instability, < L. labilis, apt to slip: 
see labile.] The quality of being labile; lia- 
bility to lapse or err. Coleridge. See quotation 
under labile. [Rare.] 
labimeter (la-bim'e-ter), n. An erroneous form 
of labidometer. 
labiodental (la'bi-o-den'tal), a. and n. K L. 
Irtbium, lip, + den( t-)s, tootn: see dental.] I. a. 
Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of 
the lips and the teeth. 
II. n. An articulate sound produced by the 
cooperation of the lips and the teeth, or the let- 
ter or character representing such sound. The 
labiodentals are /and v. 
