Chiefly Archaeology. A small phial (esp. of terracotta or glass) found in Roman and later Greek tombs, formerly supposed to have been a bottle…
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| 释义 | the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > grave goods > tear-bottle (6) lachrymatory1658 Chiefly Archaeology. A small phial (esp. of terracotta or glass) found in Roman and later Greek tombs, formerly supposed to have been a bottle… tear-bottle1658 A bottle containing tears (cf. Psalm lvi. 8 ‘put my tears into thy bottle’); also transferred; spec. = lachrymatory, n. 1, applied to small bottles… urn1753 A bottle or vase for holding tears (frequently with lachrymal). Also transferred. lachrymary1755 A vessel (supposedly) intended to collect a mourner's tears; = lachrymatory, n. Also figurative. lachrymal1769 = lachrymatory, n. 1. tear-jug1869 = tear-bottle, n. |
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