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† exˈcern, v. Obs.
Also 6–7 -cerne.
[ad. L. excern-ĕre, f. ex- out + cernĕre to sift.]
= excrete.
1. trans. Of animals and plants, or their organs: To separate (waste matter) from the blood or sap, preparatory to discharging from the system.
1626Bacon Sylva §542 The Moss of trees is a kind of hair; for it is the juice of the tree that is Excerned. 1691Ray Creation (1714) 294 The Humours excerned by Sweat and Urine are near akin, if not the same. 1737Bracken Farriery (1763) 47 The Serum of the Blood..is excerned or separated by the Glands. 1738D. Bayne Gout 101 The..dissolution of such particles..carries them through the fine strainers in order to be excerned.
absol.1626Bacon Sylva §299 The Benefits that come of Exercise are..that it helpeth to Excerne by Sweat. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. l. 30 That Soul..digests, sanguifies, carnifies, excerns.
2. To discharge, void (an excrement, secretion).
1578Banister Hist. Man v. 72 That the dregges..might be duly excerned or auoyded. 1650H. Brooke Conserv. Health 183 Phlegm that is excerned by the mouth. 1691Ray Creation (1701) 166 Such an unguent or Pap prepared, such an open vessel to excerne it into, to receive it. |