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.
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.
For"ci*ble*ness, n. The quality of being forcible.
For"ci*bly, adv. In a forcible manner.
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).
For"ci*pal (?), a. Forked or branched like a pair of forceps;
constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps. Sir T.
Browne.
{ For"ci*pate (?), For"ci*pa`ted (?) }, a. Like a pair of forceps; as,
a forcipated mouth.
For`ci*pa"tion (?), n. Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.
Bacon.
For*cut" (?), v. t. To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ford (frd), n. [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. fjˆrr bay, and to E.
fare. √ 78. See Fare, v. i., and cf. Frith arm of the sea.] 1. A
place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or
beast on foot, by wading.
He swam the Esk river where ford there was none.
Sir W. Scott.