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st. lawrence
(wn) | St. Lawrence
n 1: Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police
to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by
presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death
on a gridiron (died in 258) [syn: Lawrence, {Saint
Lawrence}, St. Lawrence, Laurentius]
2: a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
and the North Atlantic [syn: Saint Lawrence, {Saint
Lawrence River}, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River] |
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Tears of St Lawrence
(gcide) | Tear \Tear\ (t[=e]r), n. [AS. te['a]r; akin to G. z[aum]rhe,
OHG. zahar, OFries. & Icel. t[=a]r, Sw. t[*a]r, Dan. taare,
Goth. tagr, OIr. d[=e]r, W. dagr, OW. dacr, L. lacrima,
lacruma, for older dacruma, Gr. da`kry, da`kryon, da`kryma.
[root]59. Cf. Lachrymose.]
1. (Physiol.) A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted,
normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and
diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the
parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the
secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose,
but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it
overflows the lids.
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And yet for thee ne wept she never a tear.
--Chaucer.
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2. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid
matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as
of some balsams or resins.
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Let Araby extol her happy coast,
Her fragrant flowers, her trees with precious tears.
--Dryden.
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3. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
[R.] "Some melodous tear." --Milton.
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4. (Glass Manuf.) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
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Note: Tear is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, tear-distilling,
tear-drop, tear-filled, tear-stained, and the like.
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Tears of St. Lawrence, the Perseid shower of meteors, seen
every year on or about the eve of St. Lawrence, August
9th.
Tears of wine, drops which form and roll down a glass above
the surface of strong wine. The phenomenon is due to the
evaporation of alcohol from the surface layer, which,
becoming more watery, increases in surface tension and
creeps up the sides until its weight causes it to break.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
gulf of st. lawrence
(wn) | Gulf of St. Lawrence
n 1: an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern
coast of Canada [syn: Gulf of Saint Lawrence, {Gulf of
St. Lawrence}] |
st. lawrence
(wn) | St. Lawrence
n 1: Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police
to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by
presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death
on a gridiron (died in 258) [syn: Lawrence, {Saint
Lawrence}, St. Lawrence, Laurentius]
2: a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
and the North Atlantic [syn: Saint Lawrence, {Saint
Lawrence River}, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River] |
st. lawrence river
(wn) | St. Lawrence River
n 1: a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint
Lawrence and the North Atlantic [syn: Saint Lawrence,
Saint Lawrence River, St. Lawrence, {St. Lawrence
River}] |
st. lawrence seaway
(wn) | St. Lawrence Seaway
n 1: a seaway involving the Saint Lawrence River and the Great
Lakes that was developed jointly by Canada and the United
States; oceangoing ships can travel as far west as Lake
Superior [syn: Saint Lawrence Seaway, {St. Lawrence
Seaway}] |
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