SURFEL; SURFLE

v.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


v.

To wash, as the face, with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from the sulphur. [Obs.] She shall no oftener powder her hair, [or] surfel her cheeks, . . . but she shall as often gaze on my picture. Ford.


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