Obs. Also 6 -ye. [ad. L. superficiēs: see next. Cf. F. superficie.] = next.
1545. Raynalde, Byrth Mankynde, 2. Vpon the outward face & superficye of this skyn, there is yet another thynner skyn.
1567. Maplet, Gr. Forest, 43. It then ariseth vp againe to the waters top, and so keepeth ouerlie and aboue the waters highest superficie.
1709. V. Mandey, Syst. Math., Optics, I. vii. (1729), 656. A Figure of Radiation, is that whose Base exists in a visible Superficie.
1726. Leoni, Alberti’s Archit., III. 1/2. A Superficie is that extreme part of a body which we consider, not with regard to … depth, but only with regard to breadth and length.
