n. [ F. farce, from L. farsus (also sometimes farctus), p. p. pf farcire. See Farce, v. t. ]
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 ]
v. t.
The first principles of religion should not be farced with school points and private tenets. Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]
His tippet was aye farsed full of knives. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Farcing his letter with fustian. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Stuffing; forcemeat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
They spoil a good dish with . . . unsavory farcements. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See Farcy, n. [ 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.
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n. [ Farce+-lite. ] (Min.) Pudding stone. [ Obs. ] Kirwan.
n. (Cookery) Stuffing; forcemeat. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. farctus, p. p. of farcire. See Farce, v. t. ] (Bot.) Stuffed; filled solid;
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
☞ Farcy, although more common in horses, is communicable to other animals and to human beings. [ 1913 Webster ]
Farcy bud,