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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FE'CES, n. plu. [L. faces.]
1. Dregs; lees; sediment; the matter which subsides in casks of liquor.
2. Excrement.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool, ordure, dejection]

Merriam Webster's

noun plural Etymology: Middle English, from Latin faec-, faex (singular) dregs Date: 14th century bodily waste discharged through the anus ; excrement

Britannica Concise

Solid bodily waste discharged from the colon through the anus during defecation. Normal feces are 75% water. The rest is about 30% dead bacteria, 30% indigestible food matter, 10-20% cholesterol and other fats, 10-20% inorganic substances, and 2-3% protein. The color and odor are produced by bacterial action on chemical constituents. Many disorders produce abnormalities in the feces, usually constipation or diarrhea. Bleeding in the stomach or intestines may show up as dark red to black stools. Tests are needed to detect small amounts (occult blood). High fat content usually indicates disease of the pancreas or small intestine. Many diseases are spread by contamination of food with feces of infected persons.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of FAECES.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Faeces F[ae]"ces, n.pl. [L. faex, pl. faeces, dregs.] Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation. [Written also feces.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Feces Fe"ces, n. pl. dregs; sediment; excrement. See F[AE]ces.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see faeces

Moby Thesaurus

BM, alluvion, alluvium, ash, bowel movement, buffalo chips, ca-ca, cinder, clinker, coprolite, coprolith, cow chips, cow flops, cow pats, crap, defecation, deposition, deposits, diluvium, dingleberry, draff, dregs, droppings, dross, dung, ember, feculence, froth, grounds, guano, jakes, lees, loess, manure, moraine, movement, night soil, offscum, ordure, precipitate, precipitation, scoria, scum, sediment, settlings, sewage, sewerage, shit, silt, sinter, slag, smut, soot, stool, sublimate, turd