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Definition: FARCY |
FARCYNoun1. A contagious disease of horses, associated with painful ulcerating enlargements, esp. upon the head and limbs. It is of the same nature as glanders, and is often fatal. Called also farcin, and farcimen. |
Date "FARCY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
Etymology: Farcy \Far"cy\, noun. [French expression farcin; compare to Latin farciminum disease of horses, from farcire. See Farce.]. (Websters 1913) |
"FARCY" is a common misspelling or typo for: fairy, fancy, farce, farced, force, fray, fry, fury. |
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Food & Agriculture | An early name for any clinical condition in which the principal signs are nodular swellings of the superficial lymph nodes("farcy buds")and thickening of the associated lymph vessels("farcy pipes"). Source: European Union. (references) |
| A specific, contagious, and inoculable disease of the horse family(equidae), but also liable to be contracted by other mammals, including man; it is due to the entrance and growth in the body of the glanders bacillus Pseudomonas(Actinobacillus)mallei(formerly known as Pfeifferella mallei)and is characterised by the formation of nodules in the lungs, liver, spleen, or other organs; ulcerations of the mucous membranes, especially those of the upper air passages, accompanied by changes in the lymphatics and also by skin lesions. Although nasal, pulmonary, and cutaneous("farcy")forms of glanders are recognized, more than one form may affect the animal simultaneously. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Farcy or ~~~Farcin Farcin (Latin, farcimen, a sausage, any stuffed meat). A disease in horses, which consists of a swelling of the ganglions and lymphatic vessels. It shows itself in little knots; glanders. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: FARCY |
| English words defined with "FARCY": Farcin, Farcy bud. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FARCY": Japanese farcy ♦ Neapolitan farcy. (references) |
Expressions using "FARCY": Farcy bud ♦ Japanese farcy ♦ Neapolitan farcy. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
farcy | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FARCY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | داء الخيل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сап (glanders, helve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nakažlivá nemoc. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | snive (glanders, Pseudomonas mallei infection), hudsnive. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | malleus (glanders, hammer, Pseudomonas mallei infection), kwade droes (glanders, Pseudomonas mallei infection), kwaadaardige droes (glanders, Pseudomonas mallei infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | epitsoottinen lymfangiitti (African glanders, epizootic lymphangitis, Histoplasma farciminosum infection, Japanese farcy, Lymphangitis epizootica, Neapolitan farcy, pseudofarcy, pseudoglanders). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | farcin, morve, maladie des cheveux, infection Pseudomonas mallei. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | rotz (glanders, Pseudomonas mallei infection, snot, soft rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μάλις (glanders, Pseudomonas mallei infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כרסמת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | takonykór (distemper, glanders, strangles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | farcino (glanders, Pseudomonas mallei infection), morva (glanders, Pseudomonas mallei infection), infezione morvosa (glanders, Pseudomonas mallei infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | trelleen (glanders). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arcyfay ridículo (apish, awful, comic, comical, derisive, derisory, extravagantly, foolish, irony, laughing, ludicrousness, prepotency, quizzical, ragtime, ridicule, ridiculous, risible, satire), mormo (glanders, Pseudomonas mallei infection). (various references) кожный сап. (various references) obolenje limfatičkih žlezda kod životinja. (various references) muermo (glanders, Pseudomonas mallei infection). (various references) epizootisk lymfangit hos häst (African glanders, epizootic lymphangitis, Histoplasma farciminosum infection, Japanese farcy, Lymphangitis epizootica, Neapolitan farcy, pseudofarcy, pseudoglanders). (various references) at çıbanı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | malleus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "FARCY" (pronounced 'Far"cy'): Arithmomancy, Brevetcy, Dancy, Disfancy, fleecy, Gastromancy, Gramercy, Gyromancy, icy, juicy, mercy, Omphalomancy, pancy, Racy, Romancy, Rouncy, saucy, spicy, Unchancy, Vallancy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-r-y" | |
-1 letter: fray, racy. | |
-2 letters: arc, arf, car, cay, cry, far, fay, fry, ray, rya, yar. | |
-3 letters: ar, ay, fa, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-r-y" | |
+1 letter: crafty. | |
+2 letters: carnify, clarify, factory, scarify. | |
+3 letters: craftily, crayfish, falconry, federacy, feracity, fireclay, flackery, repacify. | |
+4 letters: carefully, fancywork, fiduciary, fireclays, flagrancy, formicary, fragrancy, gyrfalcon, mycoflora, officiary, olfactory, preachify. | |
+5 letters: carnifying, clarifying, crayfishes, fancyworks, farcically, flycatcher, gracefully, gyrfalcons, mycoflorae, mycofloras, profligacy, reclassify, refractory, saccharify, scarifying. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 41 52 43 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- .-. -.-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01000001 01010010 01000011 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F A R C Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0041 0052 0043 0059 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4035523759 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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