The Collaborative International Dictionary
Farcing \Far"cing\, n. (Cookery) Stuffing; forcemeat.
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.]
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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.
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To render fat. [Obs.]
If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs.
--B. Jonson. -
To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.]
Farcing his letter with fustian.
--Sandys.
Wiktionary
n. (context cookery archaic English) stuffing; forcemeat
Usage examples of "farcing".
I assumed that the youngsters were farcing me and that their mother-one of their mothers-was going along with the jest.
I assumed that the youngsters were farcing me and that their mother—one of their mothers—was going along with the jest.
In my experience the essentials of Christianity, rightly understood, may form the best possible foundation for a life and a marriage, but in the case of people of strongly intellectual bent these essentials need extensive farcing out -- I use the word as cooks do, to mean the extending and amplifying of a dish with other, complementary elements -- if they are to prove enough.