label vs sealing wax

label

noun
  • A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the seal), but also of iron, brass, land, etc. 

  • A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration. 

  • A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control. 

  • A company that sells records. 

  • In mediaeval and later art, a representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription. 

  • A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group. 

  • A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will. 

  • A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes. 

  • The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. 

  • A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung. 

  • A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached. 

  • A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct. 

verb
  • To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro 

  • To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing. 

  • To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something). 

  • To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell. 

sealing wax

noun
  • Wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened. 

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