Part 4021

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

<h1>Excreta</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cre"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Matters to be excreted.</def>

<h1>Excrete</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*crete"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Excreted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Excreting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>excretus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>excernere</ets> to sift out, discharge; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>cernere</ets> to sift, separate. See <er>Crisis</er>.]</ety> <def>To separate and throw off; to <i>excrete</i> urine.</def> "The mucus thus <i>excreted</i>."

<i>Hooper.</i>

<h1>Excretin</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex"cre*tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Excrete</er>.]</ety> <fld>(physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A nonnitrogenous, crystalline body, present in small quantity in human f\'91ces.</def>

<h1>Excretion</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cre"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>excr\'82tion</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of excreting.</def>

<blockquote>To promote secretion and <i>excretion</i>. <i>Pereira.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is excreted; excrement.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Excretive</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cre"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion.</def>

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Excretory</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cre"to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>excr\'82toire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the quality of excreting, or throwing off excrementitious matter.</def>

<h1>Excruciable</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cru"ci*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excruciabilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Liable to torment.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Excruciate</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cru"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excruciatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>excruciare</ets> to excruciate; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>cruciare</ets> to put to death on a cross, to torment. See <er>Cruciate</er>, <er>Cross</er>.]</ety> <def>Excruciated; tortured.</def>

<blockquote>And here my heart long time <b>excruciate</b>. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Excruciate</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cru"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Excruciated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Excruciating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; <as>as, to <ex>excruciate</ex> the heart or the body</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Their thoughts, like devils, them <b>excruciate</b>. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>