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Vermiculate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VERMIC'ULATE, v.t. [L. vermiculatus.] To inlay; to form work by inlaying, resembling the motion or the tracks of worms.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms [syn: vermiculate, worm-eaten, wormy]
2: decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework" [syn: vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated] v
1: decorate with wavy or winding lines

Merriam Webster's

or vermiculated adjective Etymology: Latin vermiculatus, from vermiculus Date: 1605 1. tortuous, involute 2. full of worms ; worm-eaten 3. a. vermiform b. marked with irregular fine lines or with wavy impressed lines <a vermiculate nut> • vermiculation noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 = VERMICULAR. 2 wormeaten. Etymology: L vermiculatus past part. of vermiculari be full of worms (as VERMICULAR)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vermiculate 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Inlay. II. a. 1. Worm-like, worm-shaped. 2. Crawling, creeping, twisting. 3. Creeping, insinuating, sophistical.