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Webster 1913 Edition

Lachrymatory

Lach′ry-ma-to-ry

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Noun.
;
pl. -
ries
(#)
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[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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lachrymatory

LACH'RYMATORY

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Noun.
A vessel found in sepulchers of the ancients, in which it has been supposed the tears of a deceased person's friends were collected and preserved with the ashes and urn. It was a small glass or bottle like a phial.

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