2. (Mech.) (a) The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump.
(b) A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc.
Forcible (For"ci*ble) a. [Cf. OF. forcible forcible, forceable that may be forced.]
1. Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.
How forcible are right words! Job. vi. 2.
Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken. Bacon.
But I have reasons strong and forcible. Shak.
That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin. Hooker.
He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and ornamented. Lowth (Transl. ) 2. Violent; impetuous.
Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined. Prior. 3. Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible
entry or abduction.
In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust. Swift. Forcible entry and detainer (Law), the entering upon and taking and withholding of land and tenements
by actual force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the hindrance of the person having the right to
enter.
Syn. Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent; weighty; impressive; cogent; influential.
Forcible-feeble (For"ci*ble-fee`ble) a. [From Feeble, a character in the Second Part of Shakespeare's
"King Henry IV.," to whom Falstaff derisively applies the epithet "forcible."] Seemingly vigorous, but really
weak or insipid.
He [Prof. Ayton] would purge his book of much offensive matter, if he struck out epithets which are in
the bad taste of the forcible-feeble school. N. Brit. Review. Forcibleness (For"ci*ble*ness), n. The quality of being forcible.
Forcibly (For"ci*bly), adv. In a forcible manner.
Forcing (For"cing) n.
1. The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.
2. (Gardening) The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one,
as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat.
Forcing bed or pit, a plant bed having an under layer of fermenting manure, the fermentation yielding
bottom heat for forcing plants; a hotbed. Forcing engine, a fire engine. Forcing fit (Mech.), a
tight fit, as of one part into a hole in another part, which makes it necessary to use considerable force
in putting the two parts together. Forcing house, a greenhouse for the forcing of plants, fruit trees,
etc. Forcing machine, a powerful press for putting together or separating two parts that are fitted
tightly one into another, as for forcing a crank on a shaft, or for drawing off a car wheel from the axle.
Forcing pump. See Force pump (b).
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