Sentence:  The pupil, thus affectionately invoked, at length came stumbling into the room; a queer, shambling, ill-made urchin, who, by his stunted growth, seemed about twelve or thirteen years old, though he was probably, in reality, a year or two older, with a <WSD>carroty</WSD> pate in huge disorder, a freckled, sunburnt visage, with a snub nose, a long chin, and two peery grey eyes ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Resembling carrots in colour, taste, etc.