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surfel


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Surfel  \Sur"fel\,  Surfle  \Sur"fle\,  v.  t.  [Cf.  {Sulphur}.] 
  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.