Obs. [ad. L. ex(s)creātiōn-em, n. of action f. ex(s)creā-re: see prec.] The action of coughing up or spitting out; expectoration.
a. 1556. Cranmer, Wks., II. 320. Extreme coughing and excreations which I cannot eschew.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts (1658), 204. The rennet … stayeth bleeding, and refresheth excreations of bloud.
1610. Healey, St. Aug. Citie of God, 277. Sweet … Incrassating Things … may help Excreation out of the Throat.
1620. Venner, Via Recta (1650), 323. The excrements of the braine must daily be avoyded thorow the mouth by spetting and excreation.
