Found 2 items, similar to Lachrymatory.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lachrymatory
lachrymatory
adj : relating to or prompting tears [syn:
lacrimatory]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lachrymatory
Lachrymatory
\Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\, n.; pl. -
ries. [Cf. F.
lacrymatoire.] (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 or
lacrymal.
[1913 Webster]