Powell's Hair being "Filed?" What's THAT about?!

[BettyO]

I have a great many old Victorian dictionaries (and one that even goes back to the Federal era dated 1811) - I can find no reference to this at all....

Just another archaic Victorian euphemism which has lost it's meaning.... I love these old period words and would love to find out what it meant. For years I wondered what a Victorian person's "traps" were and finally found out that it was their A) luggage B) personal effects!

Perhaps someone on the board will know what "hair filing" means! HA!