Index of English words, starting with "la"

(1) - La (interj.) An exclamation of surprise; -- commonly followed by me; as, La me!
(2) - La (interj.) Look; see; behold; -- sometimes followed by you.
(3) - La (n.) The tone A; -- so called among the French and Italians.
(4) - La (n.) A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music in solmization.

(1) - Labarum (n.) 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 (CHR) of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard.

(1) - Labefaction (n.) The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.

(1) - Label (v. t.) To affix in or on a label.
(2) - Label (v. t.) To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.
(3) - Label (n.) In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
(4) - Label (n.) 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.
(5) - Label (n.) A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.
(6) - Label (n.) 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.
(7) - Label (n.) A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
(8) - Label (n.) A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
(9) - Label (n.) 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.
(10) - Label (n.) A tassel.