Part 4174

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Farce</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Farce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Farced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Farcing</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>Farcir</ets>, L. <ets>farcire</ets>; akin to Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to fence in, stop up. Cf. <er>Force</er> to stuff, <er>Diaphragm</er>, <er>Frequent</er>, <er>Farcy</er>, <er>Farse</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The first principles of religion should not be <b>farced</b> with school points and private tenets. <i>Bp. Sanderson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His tippet was aye <b>farsed</b> full of knives. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To render fat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>If thou wouldst <b>farce</b> thy lean ribs. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To swell out; to render pompous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Farcing</b> his letter with fustian. <i>Sandys.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Farce</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Farce</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>farce</ets>, from L. <ets>farsus</ets> (also sometimes <ets>farctus</ets>), p.p. pf <ets>farcire</ets>. See <er>Farce</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote><b>Farce</b> is that in poetry which "grotesque" is in a picture: the persons and action of a <b>farce</b> are all unnatural, and the manners false. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Ridiculous or empty show; <as>as, a mere <ex>farce</ex></as>.</def> "The <i>farce</i> of state."

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Farcement</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Farce"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Stuffing; forcemeat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>They spoil a good dish with . . . unsavory <b>farcements</b>. <i>Feltham.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Farcical</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Far"ci*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal.</def>

<blockquote>They deny the characters to be <b>farcical</b>, because they are <?/<?/tually in in nature. <i>Gay.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Far"ci*cal*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -<wf>Far"ci*cal*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Farcical</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Far"ci*cal</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See <er>Farcy</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Farcilite</h1> <Xpage=543>

<hw>Far"ci*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Farce</ets>+-<ets>lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Pudding stone.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Kirwan.</i>

<h1>Farcimen, Farcin</h1> <Xpage=543>