English Dictionary: vermiculated | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. |