FARCE
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Farce (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farced (?), p. pr. & vb. n. Farcing (&unr_;).] [F. Farcir, L. farcire; akin to Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; 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.]
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The first principles of religion should not be farced with school points and private tenets.
Bp. Sanderson.
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His tippet was aye farsed full of knives.
Chaucer.
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2. To render fat. [Obs.]
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If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs.
B. Jonson.
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3. To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.]
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Farcing his letter with fustian.
Sandys.
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Farce, 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.
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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.
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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.
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3. Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce. “The farce of state.” Pope.
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