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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Excrement

/ĕk'-skrəm-ənt/ · Ex·cre·ment · IPA /ˈɛkskɹəmənt/
01 n. Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, d…
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    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.
02 n. An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth.
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    An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth.[Obs.]
    “Living creatures put forth (after their period of growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which are excrements and no parts.” — Bacon.