weeping sinew

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ganglion \Gan"gli*on\, n.; pl. L. Ganglia, E. Ganglions. [L. ganglion a sort of swelling or excrescence, a tumor under the skin, Gr. ?: cf. F. ganglion.]

1.(Anat.) (a) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve. (b) A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion. [1913 Webster]

2.(Med.) A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew. [1913 Webster]

Ganglion cell, a nerve cell. See Illust. under Bipolar. [1913 Webster]

Weeping \Weep"ing\, a.

1.Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. "Weeping eyes." --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]

2.Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water. "Weeping grounds." --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]

3.Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash. [1913 Webster]

4.Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep. [1913 Webster]

Weeping cross, a cross erected on or by the highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to return by the weeping cross, to return from some undertaking in humiliation or penitence.

Weeping rock, a porous rock from which water gradually issues.

Weeping sinew, a ganglion. See Ganglion, n., 2. [Colloq.]

Weeping spring, a spring that discharges water slowly. [1913 Webster]