vermi-

n. [ L. vermis a worm + caedere to kill. ] A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer. Pereira. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vermis a worm. ] Of or pertaining to worms; wormy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vermiculus a little worm, dim. of vermis a worm: cf. F. vermiculaire. See Vermicelli. ] Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm; as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. See Peristaltic. “A twisted form vermicular.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vermicular work. See under Vermiculated. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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 ]

a. Made or marked with irregular wavy lines or impressions; vermiculate. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vermiculatio a being worm-eaten. ] 1. The act or operation of moving in the manner of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another; as, the vermiculation, or peristaltic motion, of the intestines. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of vermiculating, or forming or inlaying so as to resemble the motion, track, or work of a worm. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A very fine wavy crosswise color marking, or a patch of such markings, as on the feathers of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vermiculus, dim. of vermis a worm. See Vermicular. ] A small worm or insect larva; also, a wormlike body. [ R. ] Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]