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noun Lachrymatory n. (pl. lachrymatories) (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.
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