Crossword clues for lachrymal
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also lachrimal, early 15c., from Medieval Latin lacrimalis, from Latin lacrima (see lachrymose).
Wiktionary
a. Of or relating to tears, or the tear glands. alt. Of or relating to tears, or the tear glands. n. 1 lachrymatory (gloss: vase intended for collecting tears) 2 (cx humorous in the plural English) lachrymal feelings or organs
WordNet
Usage examples of "lachrymal".
The third type consists of lachrymal, or tear-producing, gas, which is used in the same way as the asphyxiating, but its effects are not fatal, merely putting a man out of action for a few hours.
But all the while the face of Byles Gridley, firm as a rock in the midst of this lachrymal inundation, was kept steadily on the preacher, who had often felt the look that came through the two round glasses searching into the very marrow of his bones.
The lachrymal glands are small lobular organs, situated at the outer and upper orbit of the eye, and have from six to eight ducts, which open upon the conjunctiva, between the eyelid and its inner fold.
The oily nature of this secretion prevents the tears, when not stimulated by emotion, from overflowing the lachrymal canal.
The lachrymal duct and gland are primarily responsible for the production and distribution of what?