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The act of forcing; compulsion. [Obs.] It was imposed upon us by constraint; And will you count such forcement treachery J. Webster.

A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc.

One who, or that which, forces or drives.

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…

ook of much offensive matter, if he struck out epithets which are in the bad taste of the forcible-feeble school. N. Brit. Review.

The quality of being forcible.

In a forcible manner.

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 par…

Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps. Sir T. Browne.

Like a pair of forceps; as, a forcipated mouth.

Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers. Bacon.

A gelatin dynamite in which the dope is composed largely of sodium nitrate.

To cut completely; to cut off. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ater, where it may passed by man or beast on foot, by wading. He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. Sir W. Scott.

Capable of being forded. -- Ford"a*ble*ness, n.

Without a ford. A deep and fordless river. Mallock.

To destroy; to undo; to ruin. [Obs.] This is the night That either makes me or fordoes me quite. Shak.

Undone; ruined. [Obs.] Spenser.

To drive about; to drive here and there. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Utterly drunk; very drunk. [Obs.] Chaucer.