It was the sole tree of the host clad thus in scurf bearing a semblance of livid metal.
"The Tragic Comedians, Complete"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009
The Desert Pandemonium has its pillars and turrets, its frieze, bas-reliefs, and cornices of ornamental architecture, though all done by the hand of "geological structure,"-its dark colours shining with "a glossy scurf."
"Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846"
James Richardson
That again, Which vapoury mist and flitting smoke exhales, Drinks moisture up and casts it forth at will, Which, ever in its own green grass arrayed, Mars not the metal with salt scurf of rust- That shall thine elms with merry vines enwreathe; That teems with olive; that shall thy tilth prove kind To cattle, and patient of the curved share.
"The Georgics"
Virgil