heraldry, a fillet usually placed in the middle along the chief of the coat, without touching its extremities. Its breadth ought to be a ninth part of the chief. It is adorned with pendants; and when there are above three of these, the number must be specified in blazoning.

This is a kind of addition to the arms of a second brother, to distinguish him from the first, and is esteemed the most honourable of all differences. See Plate CII.

Labial letters, those pronounced chiefly by means of the lips.

Labiate flowers, monopetalous flowers, consisting of a narrow tube, with a wide mouth, divided into two or more.