Of hair, tangled, matted; of an animal or skin, shaggy with matted hair.

Rough; shaggy. Obsolete. rare.

of the reputed colour of the hair of Cain, to whom, as to Judas Iscariot, a ‘red’ or reddish-yellow beard was attributed.

as adj. Whey-coloured (cf. whey beard n. at compounds 1d(a)).

Shaggy, unkempt.

As a modifier, designating facial hair (typically a medium-length beard and moustache), or a male hairstyle (typically long with a middle parting)…