資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Forcing \For"cing\, n.
   1. The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately,
      prematurely, or with unusual expedition.

   2. (Gardening) The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits
      at 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 part into a
      hole in another part, which makes it necessary to use
      considerable force in putting the two parts together.

   {Forcing house}, a greenhouse for the forcing of plants,
      fruit trees, etc.

   {Forcing machine}, a powerful press for putting together or
      separating two parts that are fitted tightly one into
      another, as for forcing a crank on a shaft, or for drawing
      off a car wheel from the axle.

   {Forcing pump}. See {Force pump}
      (b) .