Part 6311

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Labadist</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>Lab"a*dist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A follower of Jean de <i>Labadie</i>, a religious teacher of the 17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism, and the obligation of community of property among Christians.</def>

<h1>Labarraque's solution</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La`bar`raque's" so*lu"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[From <ets>Labarraque</ets>, a Parisian apothecary.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant.</def>

<h1>Labarum</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>Lab"a*rum</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Labara</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (<grk>CHR</grk>)<-- appearing as English XP --> of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard.</def> <-- Illustration of monogram, an X (Greek CHI) superimposed on a lengthened P (Greek RHO) -->

<h1>Labdanum</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>Lab"da*num</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ladanum</er>.</def>

<h1>Labefaction</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>Lab`e*fac"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Labefy</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.</def>

<blockquote>There is in it such a <b>labefaction</b> of all principles as may be injurious to morality. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Labefy</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>Lab"e*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>labefacere</ets>; <ets>labare</ets> to totter + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>To weaken or impair.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Label</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La"bel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>label</ets> sort of ribbon or fringe, label in heraldry, F. <ets>lambeau</ets> shred, strip, rag; of uncertain origin; cf. L.<ets>labellum</ets>, dim. of <ets>labrum</ets> lip, edge, margin, G. <ets>lappen</ets> flap, patch, rag, tatter (cf. <er>Lap</er> of a dress), W. <ets>llab</ets>, <ets>llabed</ets>, label, flap, Gael. <ets>leab</ets>, <ets>leob</ets>, slice, shred, hanging lip.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A tassel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Huloet. Fuller.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; <as>as, the <ex>label</ex> of a bottle or a package</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Gothic Arch.)</fld> <def>The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in medi\'91val architecture. It always has a <?/quare form, as in the illustration.</def>

<i>Arch. Pub. Soc.</i>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>In medi\'91val art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.</def>

<i>Fairholt.</i>

<h1>Label</h1> <Xpage=821>