farcy

American  

[fahr-see] / ˈfɑr si /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

• farcies
  plural

1. a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.

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farcy British  

/ ˈfɑːsɪ /

noun

1. vet science a form of glanders in which lymph vessels near the skin become thickened, with skin lesions and abscess-forming nodules, caused by a bacterium, Burkholderia mallei

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• farcies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of farcy

1375–1425; late Middle English farsy ( n ) < Anglo-French, Middle French farcin < Late Latin farcīminum glandular disease ( Latin farcī ( re ) to stuff + Late Latin -minum for Latin -men noun suffix)

Example Sentences

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farcy farcies

In 1682 Sollysel, the stable master of Louis XIV, published an account of glanders and farcy, which he considered closely related to each other, although he did not recognize them as identical.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

In 1881 Bouchard, of the faculty of medicine in Paris, assisted by Capitan and Charrin, undertook a series of experiments with matter taken from the farcy ulcer of a human being.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

Chronic cutaneous glanders, chronic farcy, usually begins by a local swelling, mostly of the fetlock, in the midst of which a careful examination detects a small glanderous nodule.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Clinical Features.—Both in the lower animals and in man the bacillus gives rise to two distinct types of disease—acute glanders, and chronic glanders or farcy.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

It is that in cattle which glanders and farcy are in the horse,—the breaking up of the constitution.

From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Robert Jennings

Then comes 'poisson'—I fear it may be whiting—filet de boeuf with tomates farcies, bouchées à la Reine, chicken, pigeons, salad, two vegetables, an ice, assorted fruits, and biscuits.

From A Chair on the Boulevard by Leonard Merrick

She insisted upon drinking Veuve Clicquot every day for dinner, and upon ordering large quantities of olives farcies and pâté de foie gras, to which delicacies she was inordinately attached.

From Strange Stories by Grant Allen

There's for your truffes farcies; there's for your gelinottes, and your 'chateaux' at fifteen shillings a glass!

From The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 by A. W. (Arthur Woollgar) Verrall