Sentence:  A French Gentleman was ever wont to blow his nose in his handnb.... He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie <WSD>excrement</WSD> had, that wee should have a daintie linnen cloth or handkercher to receive the same. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.