lachrymatory
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:
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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".