She was nearest to him and saw how his face puckered; he seemed about to cry, but this did not last long.
His huge figure, with arms hanging down and with a puckered, though smiling face, moved after Willarski with uncertain, timid steps.
The name is from a word meaning "to roast till puckered" or "drawn up," in reference, it is suggested, to a peculiar seam in their mocassins, though other explanations have been proposed.
His hair and whiskers were shot with gray, and his face was all crinkled and puckered like a withered apple.