After spending an hour in making up his disguise, touching his cheeks with vermilion, Dishevelling his hair, soiling his hands, etc.
"Maximina"
Armando Palacio Valdés
But, if the bone be too hard, if the prize suspended be a Mole, an adult Mouse or a Sparrow, the wire ligament opposes an insurmountable obstacle to the attempts of the Necrophori, who, for nearly a week, work at the hanging body, partly stripping it of fur or feather and Dishevelling it until it forms a lamentable object, and at last abandon it when desiccation sets in.
"The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles"
Jean Henri Fabre