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Excrement (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ex″cre‐ment, n. [L. excrementum, fr. excrescere, excretum, to grow out. See Excrescence.] An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. “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.