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Designating a vessel (supposedly) intended to contain tears; designating a lachrymatory (lachrymatory, n. 1); = lachrymatory, adj. 1.
Designating a vessel (supposedly) intended to contain tears; = lachrymal, adj. 2, lachrymatory, adj. 1. Now rare.
Chiefly Archaeology. Designating a lachrymatory (sense A. 1); designating a vessel, bottle, etc., (supposedly) intended to contain tears.