Ex-cĕrn', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXCERNED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXCERNING.] [Lat. excernere, from ex, out of, from, and cernere, to separate, sift.] To separate and emit through the pores; to excrete: as, fluids are excerned in perspiration. [Obs.] Bacon.