'Lacrymal' definitions:

Definition of 'Lacrymal'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]