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lachrymatory - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'lachrymatory' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lachrymatory [ n.]
- 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.

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