'ries' definitions:
Definition of 'ries'
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]