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farcing

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Farce  \Farce\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Farced},  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Farcing}.]  [F.  Farcir,  L.  farcire  akin  to  Gr  ????????  to 
  fence  in  stop  up  Cf  {Force}  to  stuff,  {Diaphragm}, 
  {Frequent},  {Farcy},  {Farse}.] 
  1.  To  stuff  with  forcemeat;  hence  to  fill  with  mingled 
  ingredients;  to  fill  full;  to  stuff.  [Obs.] 
 
  The  first  principles  of  religion  should  not  be 
  farced  with  school  points  and  private  tenets.  --Bp. 
  Sanderson. 
 
  His  tippet  was  aye  farsed  full  of  knives.  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  To  render  fat.  [Obs.] 
 
  If  thou  wouldst  farce  thy  lean  ribs.  --B.  Jonson 
 
  3.  To  swell  out  to  render  pompous.  [Obs.] 
 
  Farcing  his  letter  with  fustian.  --Sandys. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Farcing  \Far"cing\,  n.  (Cookery) 
  Stuffing;  forcemeat.