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Dejection

A casting down; depression.

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Depression 76% connected

The act of depressing.

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Excrement 76% connected

Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges;…

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Excreta 76% connected

Matters to be excreted.

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Excretion 76% connected

The act of excreting.

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Dirt 76% connected

Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of di…

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Dung 76% connected

of Ding

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Meconium 76% connected

Opium.

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Melaena 76% connected

A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood.

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Melena 76% connected

See Melaena.

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Muck 76% connected

abbreviation of Amuck.

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Poop 76% connected

See 2d Poppy.

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Deject 74% connected

To cast down.

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Deject 74% connected

To cast down.

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Synonym 4

Faeces 92% connected

Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation.

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Feces 92% connected

dregs; sediment; excrement. See FAeces.

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Ordure 92% connected

Dung; excrement; faeces.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stool 92% connected

A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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