vermiculate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vermiculate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for vermiculate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vermiculate adj infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms [syn: vermiculate, worm-eaten, wormy] decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework" Synonym(s): vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated v decorate with wavy or winding lines
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vermiculate \Vermic"ulate\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vermiculate \Vermic"ulate\, 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. [bd]Vermiculate questions.[b8] --Bacon. [bd]Vermiculate logic.[b8] --R. Choate.