n. A vase intended to hold tears, formerly used by archaeologists to designate certain urns found in Roman burials.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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.
adj. Relating to or inducing tears; -- especially of chemical substances.
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adj. relating to or prompting tears
Word Usage
"The self-heating process of linseed oil on cotton, the investigators said, releases large quantities of a choking, white, "lachrymatory" (tear-making) smoke."