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a. [ Pref. bi- + flabellate. ] (Zool.) Flabellate on both sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of insects consisting of giant cockroaches.
Syn. -- genus Blaberus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. ko`smos the world + lamba`nein to take: cf. F. cosmolade. ] An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called also pantacosm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. flabellum a fan, dim. of flabrum a breeze, fr. flare to blow. ] A fan. [ Obs. ] Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flabellatus, p. p. of flabellare to fan, fr. flabellum. See Flabbel. ] (Bot.) Flabelliform. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flabellum a fan + -form: cf. F. flabeliforme. ] Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flabellum a fan + E. nerve. ] (Bot.) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Flabel. ] (Eccl.) A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Glabellæ [ NL., fr. L. glabellus hairless, fr. glaber bald. ] (Anat.) The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon. -- Gla*bel"lar a. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. Glabella [ NL. See Glabella. ] (Zool.) The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite. See Trilobite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Labefy. ] The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is in it such a labefaction of all principles as may be injurious to morality. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. labefacere; labare to totter + facere to make. ] To weaken or impair. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. label sort of ribbon or fringe, label in heraldry, F. lambeau shred, strip, rag; of uncertain origin; cf. L. labellum, dim. of labrum lip, edge, margin, G. lappen flap, patch, rag, tatter (cf. Lap of a dress), W. llab, llabed, label, flap, Gael. leab, leob, slice, shred, hanging lip. ] 1. A tassel. [ Obs. ] Huloet. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, and indicating, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Her.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Gothic Arch.) The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediæval architecture. It always has a square form, as in the illustration. Arch. Pub. Soc. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. In mediæval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Labeled r Labelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Labeling or Labelling. ] 1. To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To affix in or on a label. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who labels. [ Written also labeller. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Labella E. Labellums [ L., dim. of labrum lip. ] 1. (Bot.) The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. labens, p. pr. of labi to slide, glide. ] Slipping; sliding; gliding. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mesolabium, Gr. &unr_;; me`sos middle + &unr_; to take. ] An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Filibeg. [ 1913 Webster ]