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Webster 1913 Edition
Vermiculation
Ver-micˊu-la′tion
,Noun.
[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 intestines2.
The act of vermiculating, or forming or inlaying so as to resemble the motion, track, or work of a worm.
3.
Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten.
4.
(Zool.)
A very fine wavy crosswise color marking, or a patch of such markings, as on the feathers of birds.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vermiculation
VERMICULA'TION
, n.1.
The act or operation of moving in the form of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another, as in the peristaltic motion of the intestines.2.
The act of forming so as to resemble the motion of a worm.Definition 2024
vermiculation
vermiculation
English
23 April 2015citationThe flower and insect decoration … with gold vermiculation and stylized gold myrtle garlands.
Noun
vermiculation (plural vermiculations)
- A pattern of irregular wavy lines.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter V”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”
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- (medicine, dated) Peristalsis.