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Lachrymatory

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(n.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lachrymatory'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/lachrymatory.html. 1828.
 
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