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TEAR , a drop of the liquid secretion of the lachrymal gland, constantly produced in a certain quantity and flowing through the nasal duct without See also:

notice, but, when stimulated by See also:pain, emotion or artificial excitation, increasing so that it flows over the eyelids and runs down the cheeks and is the visible result of crying or weeping (see See also:EYE). The O.E tear, taer, is represented in other See also:Teutonic See also:languages by See also:Dan. taar; Swed. See also:tar; Goth. tagr, &c. The O.H.G. was zahar; the mod. Ger. Zahre was formed from the M.H.G. plural Zahere. The commoner word in Ger. Thrane, cf. Du. traan, is closely allied. The See also:original See also:root is seen in Gr. Sanpv, See also:Lat. lacrima, lacruma, for dacruma, whence Fr. larme, and It., Sp., and See also:Port. lagrima. See also:Minerva, the See also:portico supported by six monolithic columns of cippolino, four being in front. After the See also:French occupation in 1842, the See also:building was used successively as a See also:soap factory, a See also:prison, a See also:canteen, a See also:parish See also:church, and, lastly, as a museum.

Theveste was founded towards the See also:

close of the 1st See also:century A.D. In the succeeding century it was connected with See also:Carthage by a See also:great See also:highway. In the 5th century, under Vandal dominion, it declined in importance. Refounded by the Byzantines in the 6th century, the See also:city disappeared from See also:history at the See also:time of the Arab See also:conquest of the See also:country in the 7th century. In the 16th century the See also:Turks placed a small See also:garrison of See also:janissaries in the See also:place, but See also:Tebessa continued to be but a small See also:village until the See also:establishment of French See also:rule. Nine See also:miles from Tebessa are the extensive phosphate quarries of See also:Jebel Dyr, where is also an interesting megalithic village. See See also:Sir R. See also:Lambert See also:Playfair, Handbook for Travellers in See also:Algeria and See also:Tunis (See also:London, 1895), pp. 233-4o, Guides-Joanne, Algerie et Tunisie (See also:Paris, 1906).

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