LACH'RYMATORY, noun A vessel found in sepulchers of the ancients, in which it has been supposed the tears of a deceased person's friends were collected and preserved with the ashes and urn. It was a small glass or bottle like a phial.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.