Vermiculāte

v. t. [imp. & p. p. VERMICULATED; p. pr. & vb. n. VERMICULATING.] [Lat. vermiculari, to be full of worms, hence vermiculatus, p. p. inlaid so as to resemble the tracks of worms, It. vermicolato, Fr. vermiculé, from Lat. vermiculus, a little worm. See supra.] To inlay; to form, as work by inlaying which resembles the tracks of worms, or appears as if formed by the motion of worms.

Vermiculated work (Arch.), rustic work so wrought as to have the appearance of having been eaten into or tracked by worms, or so as to have the form of convoluted worms;—called also vermicular work. Gwilt.

a. 1. Worm-like in shape; covered with worm-like elevations. Henslow.

2Sense 2. Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, creeping; insinuating; sophistical. “Vermiculate logic.” R. Choate.