Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to or inducing tears; -- especially of chemical substances.
- noun (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 orlacrymal .
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- adjective Pertaining to or causing
tears . - noun A
vase intended to hold tears, formerly used by archaeologists to designate certain urns found in Roman burials.
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- adjective relating to or prompting tears
Etymologies
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Examples
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The self-heating process of linseed oil on cotton, the investigators said, releases large quantities of a choking, white, "lachrymatory" (tear-making) smoke.
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In addition to high explosive he now began to send over for the first time "lachrymatory" gas shells, having a sweet smell and doing little harm except to make our eyes water.
The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion W. C. C. Weetman
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It puts forward the idea that Earth is a globular allium and "pain and fear" are the lachrymatory agents that provoke all the tears.
Readers recommend songs about vegetables: The results Rob Fitzpatrick 2010
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The entire lab stank from chemicals in unvented storage cabinets, and became lachrymatory when reactions using excess ethyl bromoacetate had to be worked up outside the hood.
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I feel the lachrymatory reflex begin and a counter-reflex pops in, that choked up feeling that says, No, not now.
Crybaby James Killus 2008
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I feel the lachrymatory reflex begin and a counter-reflex pops in, that choked up feeling that says, No, not now.
Archive 2008-02-01 James Killus 2008
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Such a lachrymatory farewell from someone who will certainly not be missed.
Frist Passes on the ’08 Season - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2006
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Your uncle is great in the lachrymatory line, Clive Newcome.
The Newcomes 2006
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Some are merely lachrymatory or "tear" shells; the gas affecting the eyes in such a manner as to produce constant "weeping" and consequent inability to see clearly.
The Emma Gees Herbert Wes McBride
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Opening my door, I encountered the not unpleasant smell of lachrymatory gas.
Pushed and the Return Push George Herbert Fosdike Nichols
trivet commented on the word lachrymatory
(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.
May 31, 2007