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lacrymal

lacrymal


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lachrymatory  \Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\,  n.;  pl  -{ries}.  [Cf.  F. 
  lacrymatoire.]  (Antiq.) 
  A  ``tear-bottle;''  a  narrow-necked  vessel  found  in  sepulchers 
  of  the  ancient  Romans;  --  so  called  from  a  former  notion  that 
  the  tears  of  the  deceased  person's  friends  were  collected  in 
  it  Called  also  {lachrymal}  or  {lacrymal}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lacrymal  \Lac"ry*mal\,  Lacrymal  \Lac"ry*mal\,  n. 
  See  {Lachrymatory}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lacrymal  \Lac"ry*mal\,  n.  &  a. 
  See  {Lachrymatory},  n.,  and  {Lachrymal},  a.