3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excrement \Ex"cre*ment\, n. [L. excrementum fr excernere
excretum to skin out discharge: cf F. excr['e]ment. See
{Excrete}.]
Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast
out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories;
especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excrement \Ex"cre*ment\, n. [L. excrementum fr excrescere
excretum to grow out See {Excrescence}.]
An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. [Obs.]
``Ornamental excrements.'' --Fuller.
Living creatures put forth (after their period of
growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which
are excrements and no parts --Bacon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
excrement
n : waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces)
discharged from the body [syn: {body waste}, {excretion},
{excreta}, {excretory product}]
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