\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.