| label |
noun |
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. |
| labor |
noun |
Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work., Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history., That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort., Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth., Any pang or distress., The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging., A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177/ acres., To exert muscular strength; to exert one’s strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil., To exert one’s powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains., To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one’s work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; — often with under, and formerly with of., To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth., To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea., To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil., To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care., To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge stre/uously; as, to labor a point or argument., To belabor; to beat. |