1918 V. W. Pagé Aviation Engines vii. 19 When a force-feed lubricating system is used, the oil..is thrown off at a tangent to the crank-pin circle in all directions.

1921 W. H. Berry Mod. Motor Car Pract. i. 44 This system of partial force-feed has been developed into a true forced-feed system.

1938 C. Culpin Farm Machinery viii. 116 It has the advantage of all force-feed drills, and gives a more continuous flow of seed than the external-feed type.

1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) VII. 607/1 In the force-feed system the pump pressure insures a steady replacement of the oil which has been heated by friction work with fresh cool oil.

1938 S. Beckett Murphy 182 Otherwise he had to be force-fed.

1962 Times 15 Feb. 15/5 We had..put her [sc. a dolphin] in a small side tank in order to force-feed her.

1964 Economist 8 Feb. 504/2 The feeders who buy the animals and force-feed them nearly two tons of grain.

1971 Guardian 26 Aug. 10/5 Being force-fed information is a habit one can break.

1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Force feeding, feeding (poultry, etc.) by pushing food forcibly down the throat, as by a cramming machine.

1912 D. F. Laurie Poultry Foods & Feeding v. 83 Machine or force feeding is the most..satisfactory method of feeding large numbers of fattening chickens.

1964 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka vi. 52 He brought a jug of lukewarm beef tea, and the task of force-feeding began.