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Film
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering. He from thick films shall purge the visual ray. Pope.
2. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb. Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film. Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To cover with a thin skin or pellicle. It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak.