Found 2 hits - Term: vermicular work, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vermiculated \vermic"ula`ted\, 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
see also:
vermiculated work vermicular work
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vermicular \vermic"ular\, 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
see also:
vermicelli peristaltic vermicular work vermiculated
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