Ex'cre-ment, n.

n. [Lat. excrementum, from excernere, excretum, to sift out, to discharge, from ex, out, and cernere, to separate, sift; Fr. excrément, Sp. excremento, It. escremento.] 1. An excrescence or appendage. [Obs.] “Ornamental excrements.” Fuller. Perhaps so used as if from Lat. excrescere, excretum, to grow out or forth. 2. Matter excreted and ejected; that which is discharged from the animal body as useless; especially, alvine discharges; dung; ordure. Upon this [head] grows the hair, which, though it be esteemed an excrement, is of great use. Ray.