lachrymatory

• Some are merely lachrymatory or "tear" shells; the gas affecting the eyes in such a manner as to produce constant "weeping" and consequent inability to see clearly. —  The Emma Gees
• In addition to high explosive he now began to send over for the first time "lachrymatory" gas shells, having a sweet smell and doing little harm except to make our eyes water. —  The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion
• Then came the lachrymatory or "tear-compelling" gases, calculated to produce temporary or permanent blindness. —  History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War
• But what is that which I hold in my hand and offer to the Electress It is a lachrymatory, your excellency And yet the Electress smiles, Sir Painter She takes the lachrymatory for a golden vase, which your excellency is presenting to her as a present You are witty, it seems, Master Gabriel," said the count sharply. —  The Youth of the Great Elector
• But that is nothing--my lachrymatory, the main pillar of my theory on which I rested to show, in despite of the ignorant obstinacy of Mac-Cribb, that the Romans had passed the defiles of these mountains, and left behind them traces of their arts and arms, is gone--annihilated-- reduced to such fragments as might be the shreds of a broken-flowerpot Hector, I love thee But never more be officer of mine Why, really, sir, I am afraid I should make a bad figure in a regiment of your raising At least, Hector, I would have you despatch your camp train, and travel expeditus, or relictis impedimentis. —  The Antiquary — Complete

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