Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Farcing"
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.
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