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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 notice, but, when stimulated by 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 EYE). The O.E tear, taer, is represented in other Teutonic languages by Dan. taar; Swed. 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 original
Minerva, the portico supported by six monolithic columns of cippolino, four being in front. After the French occupation in 1842, the building was used successively as a soap factory, a prison, a canteen , a parish church, and, lastly, as a museum.Theveste was founded towards the close of the 1st century A.D. In the succeeding century it was connected with Carthage by a great
Tebessa
village
establishment
rule
Nine miles from Tebessa
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See Sir R. Lambert Playfair , Handbook for Travellers in Algeria
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