Definitions for farcy

farcy far·cy

Spelling: [fahr-see]
IPA: /ˈfɑr si/

Farcy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in farcy (acfry).

Definitions for farcy

noun

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

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)

Examples for farcy

farcy, a disease to which horses are subject, still sometimes miscalled Fashions by country farriers.

In anasarca the swelling is nonsensitive, while sensitive in the acute swelling of farcy.

By an order in Council animals affected with farcy must be destroyed.

Or a nostrum that shall be sure work on a horse with a farcy?

These nodes, which are known as farcy "buds" and farcy "buttons," are from the size of a bullet to the size of a walnut.

Schoelcher and Commander farcy, who gave his name to his gunboat, dined with me.

Gives a long and designedly loathsome account of glanders and farcy.

farcy buds developed on the surface of the body and the animal died.

The inflammation of the lymphatic cords and glands in anasarca does not produce the indurated character which is found in farcy.

The nodes of farcy are distinct and hard and never circumscribed, as in the other disease.

Word Value for farcy
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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