Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vermiculate"
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)
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.
2. Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating;
sophistical. ``Vermiculate questions.'' --Bacon.
``Vermiculate logic.'' --R. Choate.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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