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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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