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"Lachrymatory"
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sepulchers
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lacrymal
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tears
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notion
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prompting
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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Relating to or inducing tears; -- especially of chemical substances.
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relating to or prompting tears
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