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Lachrymatory
Webster's Dictionary
(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.