'Lacrymal' definitions:
Definition of 'Lacrymal'
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- Lachrymal \Lach"ry*mal\, Lacrymal \Lac"ry*mal\, n. See Lachrymatory. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lacrymal'
From: GCIDE
- Lacrymal \Lac"ry*mal\, n. & a. See Lachrymatory, n., and Lachrymal, a. [1913 Webster] Lacrytory Lacrymary
Definition of 'lacrymal'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]