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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. decorate with wavy or winding lines;


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms;
[syn: vermiculate, worm-eaten, wormy]

2. decorated with wormlike tracery or markings;
- Example: "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework"
[syn: vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical. "Vermiculate questions." --Bacon. "Vermiculate logic." --R. Choate. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vermiculate 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