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Recrement definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REC'REMENT, n. [L. recrementum; probably re and cerno, to secrete.]
Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; spume; as the recrement of ore or of the blood.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Recrement Rec"re*ment (r?k"r?*ment), n. [L. recrementum; pref. re- re- + cernere, cretum, to separate, sift: cf. F. r['e]cr['e]ment.] 1. Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore. 2. (Med.) (a) Excrement. [Obs.] (a) A substance secreted from the blood and again absorbed by it.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Scoria, dross, spume, scum, refuse, dregs.