The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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.
Wiktionary
decorated with lines like worm tracks. v
(en-past of: vermiculate)
WordNet
adj. decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework" [syn: vermicular, vermiculate]
Usage examples of "vermiculated".
Set up originally with the bark on, the worms worked underneath it in secret, at a novel sort of decoration, until the bark came off and exposed the stems most beautifully vermiculated, giving the effect of fine carving.
The vermiculated stone copings of the hotel de la Force mark the transition between what is called the architecture of the Renaissance and that of Henri III.
She stood, wiping the make-up from her face turned away, and he stared at her thighs from behind, as a collector stares at the fine patina glazed over the courses of worms, for those vast vermiculated surfaces were furrowed so.