lachrymental

[Lat. lacrima, lacryma = a tear.] Tearful, lugubrious. "In lamentable lachrymental times." A. Holland. (Davies' Scourge of Folly , p. 81.) lăch-rỹ-mōse, a. [Lat. lacrima , lacryma =a tear; Eng. adj. suff. -ose . ] Sad, mournful; shedding, or appearing to shed tears. lăch-ry-mōse-lý, adv. [Eng. lachrymose; -ly.] In a lachrymose manner; sadly, tearfully. lāç'-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [LACE, v.] A. & B. As pr. par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. A fastening by a cord, thong or whang, which pa es through holes prepared in the respective parts of the object to be fastened. The term is applied to fastening up the front opening of some kinds of boots; also to the fastening together of the pieces which constitute a machine belt. 2. A lace or cord intended for fastening. II. Technically : 1. Bookbinding : Securing the book to the sides by carrying the bands or slips through perforations in the boards. 2. Naut .: The rope used to confine the heads of sails to their gaffs or yards. la-çin'-I-a ( pl. la-çin'-1-se), s. [Lat.=a fringe or lappet of a dre .] 1. Botany: (1) Sing .: A deep taper-pointed slash at a narrow slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx. (2) Pl .: Segments of anything. Used especially of the fringes on fringed corollas. 2. Entom .: The terminal joint of one of the max illæ in an insect. 1. Ord . Lang.: Adorned with fringes or borders. 2. Bot . Cut or divided irregularly into very nar- row segments. Bot .: The same as TEAR-SHAPED (q. v.). lăch'-rym-al, lăc-rym-al, a. & s. [Fr., from border of a dre , and form a =a form.] la-çin'-I-form, a. [Latin lacinia =a fringe or Entom.: Fringe-shaped. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; lackey