EXCUSS

excuss. Excuss, v.t. to seize by law, detain property, ob.

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Ex‐cuss″ (?), v. t. [[L. excussus. p. p. of excutere to shake off; ex out, from + quatere to shake. Cf. Quash.]] 1. 1. To shake off; to discard.
To excuss the notation of a Geity out of their minds. Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. 2. To inspect; to investigate; to decipher.
To take some pains in excusing some old monuments. F. Junius (1654). 3. 3. To seize and detain by law, as goods. Ayliffe.