Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vermiculated"
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)
Vermiculated \Ver*mic"u*la`ted\, a.
Made or marked with irregular wavy lines or impressions;
vermiculate.
{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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vermiculated
adj : decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or
vermiculated) stonework" [syn: {vermicular}, {vermiculate}]
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