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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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