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Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement. [R.] "The excrementive parts." Felthman.

To void excrement. [R.] Life of A. Wood

Excuse. [Obs.] Gower.

Exhalation. [Obs.]

Banishment. [R.] Sir. H. Wotton.

The act of exploring; exploration. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.

Having no extremes; infinite.

In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold.

Stuffing; forcemeat. [Obs.] They spoil a good dish with . . . unsavory farcements. Feltham.

A woman. Burrill. Feme covert (Law), a married woman. See Covert, a., 3. -- Feme sole (Law), a single or unmarried woman; a woman who has never been married, or who has been divorced, or whose husband is dead. -- Feme sole trader or merchant (Eng. Law), a married woman, by the custom of London, engages in business on…

See Femerell.

A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, for ventilation or escape of smoke.

To banish; to drive out; to expel. [Obs.] "Appetite flemeth discretion." Chaucer.

One who, or that which, banishes or expels. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing. [Written also forced meat.]

ing; compulsion. [Obs.] It was imposed upon us by constraint; And will you count such forcement treachery J. Webster.

The act of foreboding; the thing foreboded.

Intended beforehand; premeditated. [Obs.] Spenser.

Mentioned before; already cited; aforementioned. Addison.