for cemeat, farcemeat

[Eng. force (2), v., and meat.] Cook.: Meat chopped fine, seasoned, and served up alone, or used as stuffing. *för çe-ment, *forse-men, s8. [English force ; -ment.] 1. The act of forcing or straining. 2. A fort, a strong place. for-çěps, s. [Lat.=pincers, tongs, from form us =hot, and capio =to take.] 1. A tool applied to grasping, and consisting of two portions pivoted together, the ends forming respectively handles and jaws. A forceps is used by dentists in extracting teeth; by accoucheurs in delivering the head of the infant in childbirth; by surgeons for extracting anything from a wound, . Forceps, the arms of which are automatically locked when closed, are known as Locking-forceps (q; v.). 2. Zool .: Anything shaped like a pair of sci ors, as the two projecting movable bodies which terminate the abdomen of an Earwig (q. v.). "It is furnished with a forceps above the mouth."Goldsmith: The Bee, No. 4.