tallow-colored

A small boy with a large, tallow-colored head, carrying a large black cross in the pit of his stomach; another small boy ringing a bell; and five others following along, in a crushed, despondent manner -- inviting other boys to hear the catechism explained in the parish church.

The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

Simpson, tallow-colored with fear, clung like a cat to his horse, and dug the rowels in the beast’s flanks till they were bloody and dripping.

Judith of the Plains Marie Manning