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<blockquote>It ill became him to take advantage of such a <b>laches</b> with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lachrymable</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lach"ry*ma*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lacrimabilis</ets>, fr. <ets>lacrima</ets> a tear.]</ety> <def>Lamentable.</def>

<i>Martin Parker.</i>

<h1>Lachrym\'91 Christi</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lach"ry*m\'91 Chris"ti</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L., lit., Christ's tears.]</ety> <def>A rich, sweet, red Neapolitan wine.</def>

<h1>Lachrymal</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lach"ry*mal</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lacrymal</ets>. See <er>Lachrymose</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to tears; <as>as, <ex>lachrymal</ex> effusions</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; <as>as, the <ex>lachrymal</ex> gland</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to the lachrymal organs; <as>as, <ex>lachrymal</ex> bone; <ex>lachrymal</ex> duct.</as></def>

<h1>Lacrymal, Lacrymal</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw><hw>Lac"ry*mal</hw>, <hw>Lac"ry*mal</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Lachrymatory</er>.</def>

<h1>Lachrymary</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lach"ry*ma*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Lachrymate</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lach"ry*mate</hw> <tt>(-m\'bet)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To weep.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Lachrymation</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lach`ry*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lacrimatio</ets>, from <ets>lacrimare</ets> to shed tears, fr. <ets>lacrima</ets> tear.]</ety> <def>The act of shedding tears; weeping.</def>

<h1>Lachrymatory</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lach"ry*ma*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. -<plw>ries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lacrymatoire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>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 <altname>lachrymal</altname> or <altname>lacrymal</altname>.</def>

<h1>Lachrymiform</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lach"ry*mi*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a</tt>, <ety>[L.<ets>lacrima</ets> tear + <ets>-form</ets>; cf. F. <ets>lacrymiforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped.</def>

<h1>Lachrymose</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lach"ry*mose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lacrymosus</ets>, better <ets>lacrimosus</ets>, fr. <ets>lacrima</ets>, <ets>lacruma</ets> (also badly spelt <ets>lachryma</ets>) a tear, for older <ets>dacrima</ets>, akin to E. <ets>tear</ets>. See <er>Tear</er> the secretion.]</ety> <def>Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.</def>

<blockquote>You should have seen his <b>lachrymose</b> visnomy. <i>Lamb.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Lach"ry*mose`ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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