Found 2 items, similar to vermiculate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: vermiculate vermiculate adj 1: eaten (or as if eaten) by worms [syn: worm-eaten, wormy] 2: decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; “vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework” [syn: vermicular, vermiculated] vermiculate v : decorate with wavy or winding lines
English → English (gcide) Definition: Vermiculate 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. [1913 Webster] Vermiculate \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. [1913 Webster] 2. Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical. “Vermiculate questions.” --Bacon. “Vermiculate logic.” --R. Choate. [1913 Webster]