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vermiculated

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

vermiculated
     adj : decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or
           vermiculated) stonework" [syn: {vermicular}, {vermiculate}]
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