Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for REC'RE-MENT
REC'RE-A-TIVE-NESSREC-RE-MENT'AL, or REC-RE-MEN-TI'TIAL
REC'RE-MENT, 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.
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