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Definitions for: Vermiculate
[adj] decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework"
[adj] eaten (or as if eaten) by worms
[v] decorate with wavy or winding lines
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Ver*mic"u*late, a.
1. Wormlike in shape; covered with wormlike elevations;
marked with irregular fine lines of color, or with
irregular wavy impressed lines like worm tracks; as, a
vermiculate nut.
2. Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating;
sophistical. ``Vermiculate questions.'' --Bacon.
``Vermiculate logic.'' --R. Choate.
Synonyms: fancy, vermicular, vermiculated, worm-eaten, wormy, worn
See Also: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament
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