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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.

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Ries is the German word for a unit of paper ream, derived from the Arabic word rizma. The term can refer to:

Ries (Graz)

Ries is the 10th district of the Austrian city of Graz. It is named after a hill range in it. Ries borders the districts of Mariatrost and Geidorf to the west, and St. Leonhard and Waltendorf to the south. It has a population of 5,623 (in 2011) and covers an area of 10.16 square kilometres. The postal codes of Ries are 8010, 8044 and 8047. The catholic Bruder-Klaus church, finished in 1987, is situated within the district.

Usage examples of "ries".

He quickly dismissed the memo ries of that unpleasant duel, and, more pointedly, the dis turbing questions Zak's observations had forced him to consider.

I don't think we have a hope in hell of getting to the Ries inside of the four weeks'limit, even if we do contact Sugoll.

The travelers could not hope to follow Galactic Age landmarks to the Ries crater.

But there was one precious bit of data from the old map that would have retained its validity over six million years: the exact longitudinal component in kilometers between the meridian of High Vrazel peak (alias Grand Ballon) and that of the Ries (symbolized on the map by the future city of Nordlingen, which lay within what would be a mere ringwall plain on the Elder Earth).

No matter how the Ystroll wandered, it was still bound to cross the Ries meridian.

When they reached the Ries meridian on the Danube, all they had to do was march due north to reach the crater .

Down below, the Ries crater was a great blue cup with little spread-winged birds strung around its western lip, politely waiting for permission to drink.

When they reached the Ries meridian on the Danube, all they had to do was march due north to reach the crater .

I don't think we have a hope in hell of getting to the Ries inside of the four weeks' limit, even if we do contact Sugoll.

Thn years was not such a long time in the centu ries of life a drow elf might know, but to Drizzt, more than the decade of absence now separated him from this place.

Belwar and all of the others knew well that forty miles east-as the rock worm burrowed-would put the expedition dangerously close to Menzoberranzan, and that even getting there would mean a week of hiking, probably through the territo ries of a hundred other enemies.