Part 6312

<hw>La"bel</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Labeled</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Labelled</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Labeling</er> or <er>Labelling</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; <as>as, to <ex>label</ex> a bottle or a package</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To affix in or on a label.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Labeler</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La"bel*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who labels.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>labeller</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Labellum</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La*bel"lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Labella</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Labellums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>labrum</ets> lip.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.</def>

<h1>Labent</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La"bent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>labens</ets>, <ets>p</ets>. <ets>pr</ets>. of <ets>labi</ets> to slide, glide.]</ety> <def>Slipping; sliding; gliding.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Labia</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La"bi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Labium</er>.</def>

<h1>Labial</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La"bi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>labialis</ets>, fr. L. <ets>labium</ets> lip: cf. F. <ets>labial</ets>. See <er>Lip</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; <as>as, <ex>labial</ex> veins</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Furnished with lips; <as>as, a <ex>labial</ex> organ pipe</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as &oomac; (f&oomac;d), &omac; (&omac;ld), etc., and as <it>eu</it> and <it>u</it> in French, and <it>\'94</it>, <it>\'81</it> in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, <sect&sect; 11, 178.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the labium; <as>as, the <ex>labial</ex> palpi of insects</as>. See <er>Labium</er>.</def>

<h1>Labial</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La"bi*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as <stype>b</stype>, <stype>p</stype>, <stype>w</stype>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.</def>

<h1>Labialism</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La"bi*al*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>The quality of being labial; <as>as, the <ex>labialism</ex> of an articulation</as>; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language.</def>

<i>J. Peile.</i>

<h1>Labialization</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La`bi*al*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.</def>

<h1>Labialize</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La"bi*al*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>To modify by contraction of the lip opening.</def>

<h1>Labially</h1> <Xpage=821>