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   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.]
   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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   To render fat. [Obs.]
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   If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs.
   B. Jonson.
   
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   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.]
   (Cookery) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.
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   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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   Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce. “The farce of state.”
   Pope.
   
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