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.
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.
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.
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.
