Definition of lachrymatory:

part of speech: noun

A vessel anciently buried with the dead, and supposed to contain the tears shed for their loss, but whose real use was to hold perfumes or ointments.

Usage examples:

• Shall we not enshrine these sparkling drops in a lachrymatory and, having sealed the sacred fluid with the city seal, shall we not set it in a prominent part of our civick museum? Compton Mackenzie in "The Passionate Elopement".

• 2. Notes Great caution should be exercised in working with dichloroacetone, as it is extremely lachrymatory and blisters the skin. Conant, James Bryant in "Organic-Syntheses".

• The enemy drenched the area with the old lachrymatory gas shells, as well as a new gas he had lately introduced known as " Yellow Cross" or " Mustard" gas. Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts in "The Story of the "9th King's" in France".