Vermiculate \Ver*mic"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Vermiculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vermiculating.]
[L.
vermiculatus inlaid so as to resemble the tracks of worms, p.
p. of vermiculari to be full of worms, vermiculus a little
worm. See Vermicular.]
To form or work, as by inlaying, with irregular lines or
impressions resembling the tracks of worms, or appearing as
if formed by the motion of worms.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Vermiculated \Ver*mic"u*la`ted\, a.
Made or marked with irregular wavy lines or impressions;
vermiculate.
Vermiculated work, or Vermicular work (Arch.), rustic
work so wrought as to have the appearance of convoluted
worms, or of having been eaten into by, or covered with
tracks of, worms. --Gwilt.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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