Recrement

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Waste matter; dross.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. waste matter or dross
  • n. A bodily secretion that is reabsorbed into the blood
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria.
  • n.
  • n. Excrement.
  • n. A substance secreted from the blood and again absorbed by it.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; spume.
  • n. In medicine, a fluid which, after having been separated from the blood, is returned to it, as the saliva, the secretion of serous membranes, etc.
  • Word Usage
    "Another: - Sprinkle (on the sore?) lead finely triturated with the recrement of copper; and sprinkle on it, also, the shavings of lotus, and the scales of copper, and alum, and chalcitis, with copper, both alone, and with the shavings of lotus."
    Cross Reference
    excrement   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dross    scoria    excrement   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    offscouring    monometallism    draff    dregs    ash-pan    canaille    calx    clinkers    metter    dross