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English Dictionary: vermiculated by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vermiculated
adj
  1. decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework"
    Synonym(s): vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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