Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The popular name for small antique glass bottles most of which. were probably used to contain ointment. See
lacrymatory .
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Examples
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Then he sat apart, and mused thus: It is said that God has a tear-bottle to collect all the tears of Israel.
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So the priests bowed and took from her hand the crystal tear-bottle, promising to present it to the God of the Sun, and she was satisfied.
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The High Priests laid the tear-bottle on the altar at the feet of Amen-Ra as they had promised.
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Still, the lady who used to stand ready with a tear-bottle to catch his tears as he came off after his last scene rather overdid her admiration.
The Story of My Life Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928 1908
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Tried believer, thy Lord hath a tear-bottle in which the costly drops of sacred grief are put away, and a book in which thy holy groanings are numbered.
Possessing the Treasure Mike Ratliff 2010
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