dry-stained

Updated: May 1, 2025

She keeps her face very dirty: all about her mouth was dry-stained with a polychrome of grape, mûrs, and other coloured juices, like slobbering gamins of old. I could also see that her nose and cheeks are now sprinkled with little freckles.

M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel - The Purple Cloud