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Excrement
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.