r.d 
LG, lacrytnal gland ; 
/./>. lacryiual duct. 
lacrymal 
1. a. In unnt. and />////-//., of or pertaining to 
tears; secreting tears; convey ing Man; as,the 
lucrymul apparatus. 
It Is of an c\i|iiiiti' sense, that, upiin any touch, the 
Irars might be snuer/eil from the lachrymal glands, to 
wash and clean it. ',. t'h> nn>-, I'hiloBophtcal I'rincfples. 
Lacrymal bone. Sec lacnjmal, n.,1. Lacrymal canal, 
caruncle, crest. sec the nouna. Lacrymal duct, the 
nasal duct, conveying tours from 
the eye to the nose. Lacrymal 
fossa, gland, etc. Sou the nouns. 
Lacrymal sac. H dilatation of 
tin' upper extremity of the lacry- 
iu:ii duct. Lacrymal sinus, the 
hiiliofbitjil siniib or tear-bag of a 
ruminant, as a deer; a larmier. 
II. a. 1. Oneof the l>nes 
of till' face, in vertebrates; 
ill man, the os ungnis, or nail-bone, so called 
from its resemblance in size and shape to a hu- 
man finger-nail. It Is situated wholly within the orbit 
of the eye, on the Inner side, in relation with the lacry- 
inal or nasal duct, whence the name, lu vertebrates other 
than man It Is usually a much larger and stouter bone, situ- 
ated externally upon the face, commonly forming a part of 
the bony brim of the orbit. It is essentially a membrane 
bone, forming one of a series which In some animals con- 
stitutes an outer arcade along the side of the skull, over 
the orbit, approximately parallel with the zygomatlc arch. 
Also called Cacrymale. us lacrymale, nt unyuu, and on tar- 
tale. See cut under skidl. 
2. Same us lacri/inatory. 3. pi. Tears; a fit of 
weeping. [Humorous.] 
Something else I said that made her laugh in the midst 
of her lacryiriabi. 
Richardson, Sir Charles Grandisou, VI. 317. 
lacrymale (lak-ri-ma'le), H. ; pi. lacrymalia (-11- 
ii). [ML., also lacrimale: see lacrymal.] Same 
as lucrymul, 1. 
lacrymary, lachrymary (lak'ri-ma-ri), a. [< L. 
lacriina, Incnjmu, a tear: see lacrymal.'] Con- 
taining or designed to contain tears. 
What a variety of shapes In the ancient urns, lamps, 
lachrymary vessels. Addimn, Travels in Italy, Rome. 
lacrymation, lachrymation (lak-ri-ma'shon), 
. [= Sp. taerimacion = It. lai/rimazione, <! L. 
lacrimatio(n-), a weeping, < lacrimare, weep, 
shed tears, < lacrima, a tear: see lacrymal.] 
An emission of tears ; the shedding of tears. 
lacrymatory, lachrymatory (lak'ri-ma-to-ri), 
n.; pi. lacri/niiibtries, lachrymatories (-riz).' [= 
V. lacrymatoire 
= Sp. lacrima- 
torio = It. lai/ri- 
matorio, < ML. 
laerimatoriux, 
laerymatorius, 
pertaining to 
tears, iieut. la- 
vriiiiiitiiriiiiii, Iti- 
fryiniitorium, a 
vessel supposed 
to be for tears, 
< L. larrima, H 
tear: see liu-ni- 
miil.~\ One of a 
class of small 
and slender 
glass vessels of 
varying form 
fOUnd 1U Sepul- Roman Lacnrmatortet, In the M 
chers of the an- pine Am ' B 0510 "- 
eients. It seems established that In some of them, at 
least, the tears of friends were collected to be buried with 
the dead. Also lacrymal. 
No lamps, included liquors, lachrymatories, or tear-bot- 
tled attended these rural urns. 
Sir T. Browne, Urn-burial, 111. 
laciymentalt (lak-ri-men'tal), a. [For larri- 
mal with sense of lacrymose, with irreg. term. 
-tnental, as in srntiiurn'tal.'] Tearful; lugubri- 
ous. 
In lamentable lachritmtntatt rimes. 
A. Ilollaiui (Davies' Scourge of FoUy, p. 81). 
lacrymiform, lachrymiform (Iak'ri-mi-f6rm), 
a. | < L. liK-fi/ini, a tear, + forma, form.] In 
hot. and tool. , tear-shaped ; drop-shaped; gutti- 
form. The shape is nearly pyrifonn, but with- 
out contracted sides. 
lacrymonasal, lachrymonasal (lak"ri-md-na'- 
zal), a. [< L. liicrimu, a tear, + HIIKHX. nose: 
see nasal.} Of or pertaining to both the lacry- 
mal and the nasal bone. 
The resemblance to birds is still further increased, in 
some species |of Ptrrnmmria\, by the presence of wide 
lachrymo-nasal fossa) between the orbits and the nasal 
cavities. lluilfii, Anut. Vert., p. 230. 
lacrymosa, lachrymosa (lak-ri-mo'sft). . [< 
I*. t(->-yi>uix<i. liicrimona (the first word of the 
stanza), fern, of lacriumxH.-; tearful: see lin-n/- 
"'.] 1. The last but one of the stanzas ,',r 
triplets (so called from its first word, the' lino 
3325 
being " LiicrymowH dies ilia") of the medieval 
hynm " Dies Ira?," forming a part of the Roman 
I'atholic requiem mass. 2. A musical setting 
of this stanza, 
lacrymose, lachrymose (lak'ri-mos), a. [= 
Or'. lacnnteiix, Im-i i/nn us = Sp. Pg. It. larriimi- 
tii>, Uii/niiioxo,< L. /cn WO.SK.V, tearful, doleful, < 
lacrinui, a tear: see luri-yiiiut.] 1. Shedding 
tears ; appearing as if sheading or given to shed- 
ding tears; tearful. 
The water stood In my eyes to hear this avowal of his 
dependence. . . . But I would not be lachrymote: I 
dashed off the salt drops, and busied myself with prepar- 
ing breakfast. Charlotte Bronb; Jane Eyre, xxxvll. 
2. Of a tearful quality; manifesting or excit- 
ing tearfulness; lugubrious; mournful: chiefly 
used in sarcasm : as, a lacrymoxe voice : lacry- 
IHIIXC verses. 3. In hot., bearing tear-like bod- 
ies. J/. ('. Coofcc, British Fungi, p. 113. 
lacrymosely, lachrymosely (lak'ri-mos-li), 
a<li: In a lacrymose manner; tearfully. 
lactaget (lak'tfij), i. [< OF. laictage, F. laitoge, 
milk diet, milk food, < OF. laid, F. lait, milk, 
< L. lac(t-), milk : see lactate.'] The produce of 
milk-yielding animals; milk and milk-products. 
It Is thought that the offering of Abel, who sacrificed of 
his Hocks, was only wool, the fruits of his shearing ; and 
milk, or rather cream, a part of his laetage. 
Shucltford, The Creation, I. 79. 
lactamide (lak'ta-mid), n. [< L. lae(t-), milk, 
+ E. amide, q. v.] A colorless crystalline sub- 
stance (C3H 7 NO.j) formed by the union of lac- 
tide and ammonia, whence the name. 
lactant (lak'tant), a. [= Sp. Pg. laelante = It. 
lattante, < L. lactan(t-)x, ppr. of lactare, give 
suck: see lactate, .] Suckling; giving suck. 
[Rare.] 
lactarene, lactarine (lak'ta-ren, -rin), M. [< 
lactar(y) + -ene, -ie 2 .] The commercial name 
for a preparation of the casein of milk, used by 
calico-printers like albumen. 
lactary (lak'ta-ri), a. and . [= F. lactaire = 
Sp. lactario, < L. lactarius, milky, < lac(t-), milk : 
see lactate, r.] I.t u. Milky; full of white juice 
like milk. 
Yet were it no easie probleme to resolve . . . why also 
from lactary or milky plants which have a white and lac- 
teous juice dispersed through every part there arise flow- 
ers blew and yellow. Sir T. Bromu, Vulg. Err., vi. 10. 
II. .; pi. factories (-riz). A house used as 
a dairy. [Rare.] 
lactate (lak'tat), v. ; pret. and pp. lactated, ppr. 
laftatiiig. [< L. lactotus, pp. of lactare (> It. 
lattare), contain milk, give suck, < lac(t-) (> It. 
latte =s Sp. leche = Pg. leite = F. lait), milk, = 
Gr. ya\a (yaf.aK.r-), milk.] I. intrans. 1. To 
secrete milk. 2. To give suck or perform the 
function of lactation. 
H. trans. To convert into milk ; cause to re- 
semble milk. 
lactate (lak'tat), H. [< L. lac(t-), milk, + -afci.] 
In i-ln-iii.. a salt of lactic acid, or the acid of 
sour milk. The lactates are soluble in water, 
and many of them are uncrystallizable. 
lactation (lak-ta'shon), M. [= F. lactation = 
Sp. lactacion = Pg. "lactaqSo = It. lattazione, < 
NL. lattatio(n-), a giving suck, < L. lactare, give 
suck: see lactate, r.] 1. The formation or se- 
cretion of milk ; the physiological function of 
secreting milk. 2. The act of giving suck, or 
the time of suckling. 
lacteal (lak'te-al), a. and . [< L. lacteus, milky 
(see lacteous), + -al.~] I. a. 1. Pertaining to 
or resembling milk; milky. 2. Conveying a 
milk-like fluid ; chyliferous : as, a lacteal vessel. 
II. n. In anat., one of numerous minute tubes 
which absorb or take up the chyle (a milk-like 
fluid) from the alimentary canal and convey it 
to the thoracic duct. The lacteals are the radicles of 
the lymphatic system of the alimentary canal, draining 
off the chyle or nutritive and assimilable material from 
the intestine where It is elaborated, and conveying it to 
larger tubes In which the lacteals unite in the mesentery, 
whence It is taken Into the receptacle which forms the 
beginning of the thoracic duct, to be conveyed through 
the latter Into the subclavlan vein, and so mixed directly 
with the current of venous blood. The lacteals are so 
called from the name cam ladea applied to these vessels 
by their discoverer (Jasparo Aselll in 1622. 
lacteally (lak'te-al-i), atlt: In a lacteal man- 
ner; milkily. 
lactean (lak'te-an), a. [= OF. lactean; < L. 
liii-tt'iis, milky (see lacteons),+ -an.] 1. Milky; 
resembling milk. 
This lactean whiteness ariseth from a great number of 
little stars constipated in that part of heaven. 
J. ilaxon, Astron. Cards, p. 13. 
2. Lacteal; conveying chvle. 
lactein (lak'te-in), n. [< L. lacteus, milky (see 
I'tctcuus), + -i 2 .] A substance obtained by 
lactocrite 
the evaporation of milk, concentrating it 
seutial qualities; solidified milk. Tli<ntix, iled. 
Wet 
lacteous (lak'te-us), a. [= Sp. Idcleo = Pg. lac- 
leo = It. lalteo, < L. lacteus, milky, < /e(<-), milk : 
see lactate, r.J 1. Milky; resembling milk. 
2f. Lacteal; conveying chyle: as, a lacteous 
vessel. 3. In enfant., white with a very slight 
bluish-gray tingle, like the color of milk : applied 
generally to white surfaces which are somewhat 
translucent. 
lacteously (lak't^-us-li), adv. In a lacteous 
manner; milkily; lacteally. 
lactescence (lak-tes'ens), . [= F. lactescence 
= Sp. lactescenciti; as lactescen(t) + -ce.] 1. 
The state of being lactescent; milkiness or 
milky coloration. 
This lactescence, if I may so call ft, does also commonly 
ensue when, spirit of wine being impregnated with those 
parts of gums or other vegetable concretions that are sup- 
posed to abound with sulphureous corpuscles, fair water 
is suddenly poured upon the tincture or solution. 
Boyle, Works, I. 219. 
2. In lint., an abundant flow of juice or sap 
from a plant when wounded, commonly white, 
but sometimes yellow or red. 
lactescent (lak-tes'ent), a. [= F. lactescent = 
Sp. Pg. lactexcente, containing milk, < L. lac- 
tescen(t-)s, ppr. of lactescere, turn to milk (cf. 
lactare, contain milk), < lac(t-), milk: see lac- 
tate, t\] 1 . Being or becoming milky ; having a 
milky appearance or consistence. 2. In bot., 
abounding in a thick milky juice, as the milk- 
weed. 
Amongst the pot-herbs are some lactetcetit papescent 
plants, as lettuce and endive. Arbuthnot, Aliments, iii. 4. 
3. In i iitnin., secreting a milky fluid, as the 
joints of certain Coleoptera. 
lactic (lak'tik), a. [= F. lactique; < L. lac(t-), 
milk, + -ic.] Pertaining to milk ; procured 
from milk, or from something of a similar char- 
acter. Lactic add. C:,llc,i) :i , an acid which U known 
In four isomeric modifications, the most common one be- 
ing that found in sour milk. In all four forms It is a syr- 
upy, intensely sour liquid, forming well-defined salts. It 
Is formed not only In milk when it becomes sour, but also 
in the fermentation of several vegetable juices, and In the 
putrefaction of some animal matters. The acid which is 
found in the fermented juice of beet-root, in saner-kraut, 
in fermented rice-water, and In the Infusion of bark used 
by tanners is for the most part lactic acid. It occurs also 
in the aqueous extract of the muscles. 
lacticinium (lak-ti-sin'i-um), n.; pi. lacticinia 
(-&). [L., milk food, < lac(t-), milk: see lac- 
tate.'] A dish prepared from milk and eggs, 
which, in early times forbidden, was later, in 
the Latin Church, to some extent permitted as 
food on ecclesiastical fast-days. A recent papal 
dispensation has made its use in 'the Roman Catholic 
Church lawful in some countries on most fast-days. 
lactide (lak'tid or -tid), n. [< L. lac(t-), milk, 
+ E. -idei.] A volatile substance. CgHoO^ one 
of the anhydrids of lactic acid produced by the 
dry distillation of that acid. See lactone. 
lactiferous (lak-tif 'e-rus), a. [= F. lactifere = 
Sp. lactifero = Pg." lactifero = It. latttfero, < 
LL. laetifer, milk-bearing, < L. lac(t-), milk 
(see lactate), + ferre = E. bearl.] 1. Bearing 
or conveying milk or chyle ; lacteal ; galactoph- 
orous: as, a lactiferous duct. See duct. 2. 
Producing a thick milky juice, as a plant. 
lactiflc (lak-tif 'ik), a. [=F. lactifique = Sp. lac- 
tlfico, < L. lac(t-), milk, + -fiats, <facere, make.] 
Causing, producing, or yielding milk. Blount. 
lactiflcal (lak-tif 'i-kal), a. [< lactific + -a/.] 
Same as lactijic. Coles, 1717. 
lactiflorous (lak-ti-flo'rus), a. [< L. lac(t-), 
milk, + flos (ftor-), flower.] Having flowers 
white like milk. Thomas, Med. Diet. 
lactifugal (lak-tif'u-gal), a. [< lactifug(e) + 
-a/.] Serving to check or stop the secretion of 
milk ; having the property of a lactifuge. 
lactifuge (lok'ti-fuj), n. [= F. lactifuge, < L. 
Idc(t-), milk, +fugare, expel, <fugere, nee: see 
Jttgitire.] A medicine which checks or dimin- 
ishes the secretion of milk. 
lactine (lak'tin), w. [= F. lactine; < L. lac(t-), 
milk, + -ie 2 .] Same as lactose. 
lactobutyrometer (lak-to-bu-ti-rom'e-ter), . 
[< L. lac(t-), milk, 4- butyrum, = Gr. iioirvpov, 
butter, + Gr. perpov, a measure.] A kind of 
lactometer for ascertaining the quantity of but- 
tery matter any particular milk contains. 
lactocele (lak'to-sel), w. [< L. bie(t-), milk, + 
Gr. M/).'/, tumor.] In pathol., a morbid collec- 
tion of milk-like fluid. Also called galactocelt. 
lactocrite (lak'to-krit), n. [< L. lac(t-), milk, + 
KptTJK, a judge: see critic.'] An apparatus for 
testing the quantity of fatty substance or but- 
ter in a sample of milk, invented by Laval, 
