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noun
- A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
- A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
- A company that sells records.
verb ( labels, 2=labelling i, UK) or labeling ( i, US), 3= labelled ( i, UK) or labeled ( i, US)
- (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
- (transitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
noun
- A short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing; a valance.
noun
- A large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus, indigenous to Africa and Asia.
proper noun
- (given name, female) derived from the flower and also seen as a variant of Lillian; used since the nineteenth century and currently returning to favor.
noun ( pl2=lion) ( wikispecies, Panthera leo)
- A large cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly to much of Europe. The term may apply to the species as a whole, to individuals, or to male individuals. It also applies to related species like mountain lions.
- (heraldiccharge): A stylized representation of a large cat, used on a coat of arms.
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- The arms of the University of the West Indies are Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure an open Book proper bound Gules garnished Or on a Chief of the third a Lion passant guardant Erminois. Crest: A Pelican proper. (in other words a spotted lion lying down). See talk page.
- A Chinese foo dog.
- (idiomatic) An individual who shows strength and courage, attributes associated with the lion.
- It was said of Edward Plantaganet that 'he was a for pride and ferocity but a pard for inconstancy and changeableness, not keeping his word or promise but excusing himself with fair words'. 2003 Peter Armstrong & Angus McBride? Stirling Bridge & Falkirk 1297-98: William Wallace's Rebellion.
- A famous person.
noun
- A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scottish Highlanders.
noun
- Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
- (context, Fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
- A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
proper noun Lure
- A commune in the Haute-Saí´ne département, in France.
verb ( lur, ing)
- To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
- To recall a hawk with a lure.
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