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force⋅meat

  [fawrs-meet, fohrs-]
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–noun Cookery.
a mixture of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.
Also, farcemeat.

Origin:
1680–90; force, var. of obs. farce stuffing + meat
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force·meat   (fôrs'mēt', fōrs'-)   
n.  Finely ground and highly spiced meat, fish, or poultry that is served alone or used in stuffing.

[force (alteration of farce) + meat.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Forcemeat

Force"meat`\, n. [Corrupt. for farce-meat, fr. F. farce stuffing. See Farce, n.] (Cookery) Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing. [Written also forced meat.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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forcemeat 
"mincemeat," 1688, from force "to stuff," a variant of farce (q.v.) + meat.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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