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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Pĕl'li-cle, n.

noun

(pĕl'lĭ-kl), n. [Lat. pellicula, diminutive of pellis, skin; Fr. pellicule, Pr. & Pg. pellicula, Sp. película, It. pellicula, pellicola.]

  1. A thin skin or film.
  2. (Chem.) A thin, saline crust formed on the surface of a solution of salt evaporated to a certain degree, and consisting of minute crystals. Brande.