transitive verb. to put coldcream on (one's face).

noun. a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin

"Still to forgive it, divine my lickle wiffey, and everybody knows you do look lovely in your invinsibles, Eulogia, a perfect apposition with the coldcream, Assoluta, from Boileau’s I always use in the wards after I am burned a rich egg and derive the greatest benefit, sign of the cause."

cream  emollient  ointment