EXCREMENT (2)

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.