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Traditional English :: lachryma Christi
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lachrymosley.html - n.
any of various wines from the slopes of Mt. Vesuvius. [L, = Christ's tear] |
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Traditional English :: lachrymal
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lachrymosley.html - adj. & n. (also lacrimal, lacrymal) --adj. 1 literary of or for tears.
2 (usu. as lacrimal) Anat. concerned in the secretion of tears (lacrimal canal; lacrimal duct). --n. 1 = lachrymal vase.
2 (in pl.) (usu. as lacrimals) the lacrimal organs. lachrymal vase hist. a phial holding the tears of mourners at a funeral. [ME f. med.L lachrymalis f. L lacrima tear] |
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Traditional English :: lachrymation
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lachrymosley.html - n.
(also lacrimation, lacrymation) formal the flow of tears. [L lacrimatio f. lacrimare weep (as LACHRYMAL)] |
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Traditional English :: lachrymator
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lachrymosley.html - n.
an agent irritating the eyes, causing tears. |
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Traditional English :: lachrymatory
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lachrymosley.html - adj. & n. --adj. formal of or causing tears. --n. (pl. -ies) a name applied to phials of a kind found in ancient Roman tombs and thought to be lachrymal vases. |
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Traditional English :: lachrymose
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lachrymosley.html - adj. formal given to weeping; tearful. lachrymosely adv. [L lacrimosus f. lacrima tear] |
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