Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lacrymal"
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.
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