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lacrimatory

[lak-ruh-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

adjective

plural

lacrimatories 
  1. a variant of lachrymatory.



lacrimatory

/ -trɪ, ˈlækrɪmətərɪ /

adjective

  1. of, causing, or producing tears

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The urn held small pieces of calcined bone, and, among them, a small lacrimatory of very thin green glass. 

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The bombardment continued with great fury for several hours, with guns of all calibres, but fortunately mostly small, with shrapnel, high explosive, and gas, chiefly lacrimatory, but mixed with a certain quantity of lethal.

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