Ex*cuss" (?), v. t. [L.
excussus. p. p. of excutere to shake off; ex
out, from + quatere to shake. Cf. Quash.]
1. To shake off; to discard. [R.]
To excuss the notation of a Geity out of their
minds.
Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. To inspect; to investigate; to
decipher. [R.]
To take some pains in excusing some old
monuments.
F. Junius (1654).
3. To seize and detain by law, as
goods. [Obs.] Ayliffe.