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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vermiculated \Ver*mic"u*la`ted\, a. Made or marked with irregular wavy lines or impressions; vermiculate. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vermicular \Ver*mic"u*lar\, a. [L. vermiculus a little worm, dim. of vermis a worm: cf. F. vermiculaire. See Vermicelli.] Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm; as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. See Peristaltic. "A twisted form vermicular." --Cowper. [1913 Webster] Vermicular work. See under Vermiculated. [1913 Webster]