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n. [ F. farce, from L. farsus (also sometimes farctus), p. p. pf farcire. See Farce, v. t. ] 1. (Cookery) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Farce is that in poetry which “grotesque” is in a picture: the persons and action of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce. “The farce of state.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stuffing; forcemeat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They spoil a good dish with . . . unsavory farcements. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal. [ 1913 Webster ]

They deny the characters to be farcical, because they are &unr_;&unr_;tually in in nature. Gay.

-- Far"ci*cal*ly, adv. -Far"ci*cal*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See Farcy, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Farce+-lite. ] (Min.) Pudding stone. [ Obs. ] Kirwan.

{ } n. (Far.) Same as Farcy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Cookery) Stuffing; forcemeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. farctus, p. p. of farcire. See Farce, v. t. ] (Bot.) Stuffed; filled solid; as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp; -- opposed to tubular or hollow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. farcin; cf. L. farciminum a disease of horses, fr. farcire. See Farce. ] (Far.) A contagious disease of horses, associated with painful ulcerating enlargements, esp. upon the head and limbs. It is of the same nature as glanders, and is often fatal. Called also farcin, and farcimen. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Farcy, although more common in horses, is communicable to other animals and to human beings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Farcy bud, a hard, prominent swelling occurring upon the cutaneous surface in farcy, due to the obstruction and inflammation of the lymphatic vessels, and followed by ulceration. Youatt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. infarcire: pref. in- in + farcire, fartum and farctum, to stuff, cram. ] To stuff; to swell. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The body is infarced with . . . watery humors. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Infarce. ] 1. (Med.) An obstruction or embolus in one of the blood vessels. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Med.) The morbid condition of a limited area resulting from such obstruction; also, the localized necrotic (dead) tissue resulting from such obstruction; as, a hemorrhagic infarct. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]