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.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.
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.
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.
3. Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere
farce. "The farce of state." Pope.