What is "excuss"

Excuss \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.

vb. 1 To shake off. 2 To examine (a document). 3 To decipher. 4 (context legal English) To seize and detain by law. 5 (context legal English) To proceed against a principal debtor where there are either joint debtors or debtors and sureties.