surfel
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Etymology 1 edit
Compare sulfur.
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Verb edit
surfel (third-person singular simple present surfels, present participle surfelling, simple past and past participle surfelled)
- (obsolete, transitive) To wash with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from sulphur.
- 1633, Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], Loues Sacrifice. A Tragedie […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Hugh Beeston, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- She shall no oftener powder her hair, [or] surfel her cheeks, […] but she shall as often gaze on my picture.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
surfel (plural surfels)
- (computer graphics) A unit square between voxels.