Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excrement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excrement \Ex"cre*ment\, n. [L. excrementum, fr. excernere,
excretum, to skin out, discharge: cf. F. excr['e]ment. See
{Excrete}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excrement \Ex"cre*ment\, n. [L. excrementum, fr. excrescere,
excretum, to grow out. See {Excrescence}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
excrement
n : waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces)
discharged from the body [syn: {body waste}, {excretion},
{excreta}, {excretory product}]
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