556 F O R 
ea fe.—Our general tafte in England is for epigram, turns 
of wit, %,\\A.forccd conceits. Acldifon. —Toman; toftrength- 
en by foldiers; to garrifon.—If you find that any great 
number of foldiers be newly lent into Oroonoque, and 
that the paffages be already forced, then be well advited 
how you land. Raleigh. ' 
To Force out. To extort.—The heat of the difpute 
had forced out from Luther expreffions that ieemed to 
make his dodtrine run higher than really it did. Atler- 
bury. 
To FORCE, v. n. To lay ftrefs upon.—That morn- 
ing that he was to join battle with Harold, his armorer 
put on his backpiece before, and his breaflplate behind ; 
the which being efpied by fome that flood by, was taken 
among them for an ill token, and therefore advifed him 
not to fight that day; to whom the duke anfwered, I 
force not of fuch fooleries ; but it I have any (kill in footh- 
faying, as in (ooth I have none, it doth prognofticate that 
1 (hall change copy from a duke to a king. Camden. — 
I force, not I, fo the villaine were dead. New Cuflom. —To 
ftrive.— Forcing to doe that did him fowle miffeeme. 
Spenfer.—Forcing with gifts to win his wanton heart. 
Spenfer. 
“ Force without forecaft is little worth.”—Strength 
alone, without (kill and diferetion in the application of 
it, avails but little. The Latins fay ; Vis confilii expert 
mole ruit fua. 
FORCE,/, inlaw implies any unlawful violence offered 
to things or perfons ; and is divided into fimple and com¬ 
pound. Simple force, is that which is fo committed that 
it hath no ether crime accompanying it ; as where a per- 
fon by force enters another man’s polfdfion, without doing 
any other unlawful a6t. Compound force, is when fome 
other violence is committed with fuch a fa£l, which of 
itfelf alone is criminal; as where any one by force enters 
into another man’s houfe, and kills a man, or ravilhes a 
woman, See. Lord Coke fays, there is likewife a force 
implied in law ; as every trefpafs, refcous, or difteifin, 
implieth it; and an aCtual force, with weapons, number 
of perfons, &c. where threatening is ufed to the terror of 
another. Co. Lit. 257. B y law an y P erfon ma y enter a 
tavern ; and a landlord may enter his tenant’s houfe to 
view repairs, &c. but if he that enters a tavern, com¬ 
mits any force or violence : or he that enters to view re¬ 
pairs, breaketh the houfe, &c. it fhall be intended that 
they entered for that purpofe. 8 Rep. 146. All force is 
againft the law ; whence it is lawful to repel/ora; by force : 
there is a maxim in our law, quod alias bonurn ct juflum 
eft, ft per vim vel fraudem petatur, vialum et injufum ejl. 
3 Rep. 78. Where a crime in itfelf capital, is endeavoured 
to be committed by force, it is lawful to repel that force 
by the death of the party attempting. 4 Com. 181. See 
Murder. 
FORCE (La), a town of France, in the department of 
the Dordogne, and chief place of a canton, in the diflriCt 
of Bergerac, fituated on the Dordogne ; the principal 
trade of the inhabitants confifts in cattle, grain, and wine: 
two leagues weft of Bergerac, and three and a half fouth 
of Mucidan. 
FOR'CEDLY, adv. Violently; conftrainedly; unna¬ 
turally.—This foundation of the earth upon the waters 
doth mod aptly agree to that ftruCture of the abyfs and 
antediluvian earth ; but very improperly and forcedly to 
the prefent form of the earth and the waters. Burnet. 
FOR'CEFUL, adj. Violent; ftrong; driven with 
great might; impetuous : ■* 
He pois’d in air, the javelin fent, 
Through Paris’ (Field the forceful weapon went. Pope. 
FOR'CEFULLY, adv. Violently; impetuoufiy. 
FOR'CELESS, adv. Having little force;" weak; fee¬ 
ble ; impotent. 
FORCELLAR', a town of Italy, in the kingdom of 
Naples, and province of Abruzzo Ultra; three miles 
«aft of Teramo. 
FOR 
FORCENE', adj. in heraldry, raifed on the hind legs. 
FOR'CEPS, f. [Latin.] Forceps properly fignifies a 
pair of tongs; but is ufed for an inftrument in chirur- 
gery, to extraft any thing out of v/ounds, and the like 
occafions. Quincy. 
FOR'CER, f. That which forces, drives, or con- 
ftrains. The embolus of a pump working by pulfion, 
in conrradiftinCtion to a fucker which adds by attraction. 
—The ufual means for the afcent of water is either by 
fuckers or forcers. Wilkins. 
FOR'CERS, /. An inftrument ufed in drawing teeth. 
FOR'CES, f. [from force.j In military tactics, the va¬ 
rious regiments, troops, battalions, brigades, &c. of fol¬ 
diers, which form one regular army, under its general or 
commander-in-chief.—In phyfics, the principles or laws 
of motion; for the doctrine of which fee the article 
Mechanics. 
FOR'CHEIM, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Franconia, and bifhopric of Bamberg, fituated on the 
Wifent : twelve miles fouth of Bamberg, and eighteen 
north of Nuremberg. Lat. 49. 41. N. Ion. 28.45. E. 
Ferro. 
FOR'CHENSEE, a lake of Germany, in the circle of 
Upper Bavaria ; ten miles fouth of Traunftein. 
FORCH'TENBERG, a town of Germany, in the 
circle of Franconia, and principality of Hohenlohe, fitua¬ 
ted on the Kocher; fix miles north-north-eaft of Obrin- 
gen. 
FORCH'TF.NSTEIN, a town of Germany, in the 
duchy of Stiria : three miles fouth of Windifch Gratz. 
FOR'CIBLE, adj. Strong; mighty: oppofed to weak. 
—That punifhment, which hath been fometimes forcible 
to bridle fin, may grow afterwards too weak and feeble. 
Hooker. 
Who therefore can invent 
With what more forcible we may offend 
Our yet unwounded enemies \ Milton. 
Violent; impetuous: 
Jerfey, belov’d by all; for all muft feel 
The influence of a form and mind, 
Where comely grace and conftant virtue dwell, 
Like mingled ftreams, more forcible when join’d. Prior. 
Efficacious; aCtive; powerful. Sweet fmells are mod 
forcible in dry fubftances when broken ; and fo likewife in 
oranges, the ripping of the rind giveth out their fmell 
more. Bacon. —Prevalent; of great influence.—How for- 
cible are right words? Job. —God hath allured us, that 
there is no inclination or temptation fo forcible which our 
humble prayers and defires may not fruftrate and break 
afunder. Raleigh. —Done by force; buffered by force.—■ 
The abdication of king James, the advocates on that fide 
look upon to have been forcible and unjuft, and confe- 
quently void. Swift. —Valid ; binding ; obligatory. 
FO'RCIBLE ENTRY, an offence againft the public 
peace, committed by violently taking or keeping polfef- 
fion of lands and tenements, with menaces, arms, and 
force, and without the authority of the law ; whereby he 
who hath right of entry is barred or hindred. 4 Com. 
148. At common-law, any one who had a right of entry 
into lands, &c. might regain poifeffion thereof by force ; 
but this liberty being much abufed, to the breach of the 
public peace, it was found neceftary that it ftiould be re- 
ftrained. By Rich. II. ft. 1. c. 8, all forcible entries are 
punilhed with imprifonment and ranfom at Lhe king’s 
will. And by 15 Rich. II. c. 2 : 8 Hen. VI. c. 9: 31 
Eliz. c. 11 : 21 Jac. 1. c. 15: upon any forcible entry or 
forcible detainer after peaceable entry, into any lands (or 
benefices of the church) one or more juftices of the peace, 
taking fufficient power of the county, may go to the place, 
and there record the force upon his own view, as in cafe 
of riots ; and upon fuch conviction may commit the of¬ 
fender to gaol till he makes fine and ranfom to the king. 
And moreover the juftice or juftices have power to fum- 
nion a jury to try the forcible entry or detainer com- 
-plained 
