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The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.

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  1. n. The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.
  2. n. The word/emphatic">emphatic word/repetition">repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.
  3. n. repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
  4. 1. (Med.) The word/watery">watery eye; a word/disease">disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek. 2. (Rhet.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.
  5. The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in theeye, and trickle over the cheek.
  6. n repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.