A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in
sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion
that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it.
Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.
1. Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrai...