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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]