~ TEAR  id+ | STRONG FEELINGS EVOKE TEARS |
^u      sug> CRY
  lit+ maxim> "THE SOUL WOULD HAVE NO RAINBOW
               HAD THE EYE NO TEARS "
  biol> WATER LIKE FLUID EXCRETED BY
        PERIOCULAR TEARING or LACRIMAL GLANDS
  root     DER       for PEEL FLAY SKIN RIP
  ukr      DERU    = TEAR
  old Fris DAR       TEAR
  old eng  TARE      TEAR
           TERAN     same
  old Fris TERA      TO CONSUME
  Arm      TEREM     FLAY
  eng      TEAR      RIP SPLIT also
           TORE      in the past
  skt      ACRU      also
           DAR       TEAR  BURST    sug> DARN
  gr       DAKRY     or
           DAKRU     TEAR
           DACRYA    or
           DACRYO    root or prefix for
           DACRIMAL  became
  med>     LACRIMAL  from
  lat      LACRIMA   tear and CRYING
  med>     DERMIS    related to SKIN as in
                     see> DERMATOLOGY
  lat      LACER     TEAR  TEARING  TORN
           LACERO    to SCRATCH
                     to LASH
                     to REVILE
                     to see> MANGLE
                     to see> MAIM
                     to DISMEMBER
                     to DISABLE
                     to SHATTER
       LACERATIO     TEAR LIKE
       LACERTUS      FOREARM or
                     ARM from the ELBOW to the WRIST
       LACESSENS     ATTACKING  PROVOKING
       LACESSITUS    ABUSED
       LACESSO       TO PROVOKE
       LACELATIO     or
       LACHRYMA      or
       LACRYMA       or
       LACRIMA       TEAR as in WEEP  LAMENT
  sp   LAGRIMA       same
  med> LACRIMAL      or formerly
       LACHRIMAL     PERTAINING MAKING TEARS
  note ONIONS ARE LACHRYMOGENIC
  lit+ maxim> " THE SOUL WOULD LACK A RAINBOW
                HAD THE EYE NO TEARS "
  med> in sp COLIRIO denotes     see> COLOBOMA
       ARTIFICIAL TEARS or a     see> DACRY~
  LACHROMATORY or TEAR INDUCING  sug> LACHRYMOSE
  hx> some say EMPEROR NERO USED
      A LACHRYMATORY or
  A SMALL VESSEL USED TO KEEP HIS TEARS
  LACHRYMAE CHRISTI is a type of
  SWEET ITALIAN WINE

| Tags and Abbreviations Explained |