Vermiculate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating;
        sophistical. "Vermiculate questions." --Bacon.
        "Vermiculate logic." --R. Choate.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vermiculate
       adj 1: eaten (or as if eaten) by worms [syn: {worm-eaten}, {wormy}]
       2: decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or
          vermiculated) stonework" [syn: {vermicular}, {vermiculated}]
       v : decorate with wavy or winding lines