English Dictionary: lacrymal | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for lacrymal | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lacrymal \Lac"ry*mal\, n. & a. See {Lachrymatory}, n., and {Lachrymal}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lacrymal \Lac"ry*mal\, Lacrymal \Lac"ry*mal\, n. See {Lachrymatory}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lachrymatory \Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\, n.; pl. -{ries}. [Cf. F. lacrymatoire.] (Antiq.) A [bd]tear-bottle;[b8] 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}. |