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vermiculation|vəmɪkjʊˈleɪʃən|
[ad. L. vermiculātiōn-, vermiculātio (Pliny), noun of action f. vermiculārī: see vermiculate v.]
1. The fact or condition of being infested with or eaten by worms; conversion into small worms.
1611Florio, Vermiculatione, a vermiculation, a breeding or crauling of vermine or grubs. 1630Donne Last Serm. Wks. 1839 VI. 285 Putrefaction and Vermiculation and Incineration and Dispersion in..the Grave. 1640Howell Dodona's Gr. 70 This huge Olive which flourishd so long..fell, as they say, of vermiculation, being all worme-eaten within. 1658J. Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 933 A certain kinde of Flies which are begotten in the bark of the Elm,..and so perchance in other herbs and plants, without any preceding vermiculation, or being turned into little worms first. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Vermiculation, is an Infection of Plants by Worms. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Vermiculation,..the breeding of Worms in Trees, Herbs, or Fruits.
fig.1907Daily Chron. 3 Apr. 3/1 The decay and vermiculation of faith has already brought European theology to the verge of collapse.
†2. Path. Vermicular or peristaltic movement of the intestines, etc.; peristalsis. Also transf.
1652Sparke Prim. Devot. (1663) 117 [There is] a vermiculation in his muscles. Convulsions seize on his whole body. 1671[R. MacWard] True Nonconf. 44 This is the vermiculation of your pulse. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. i. (1677) 31 My Heart moves..by the motion of Palpitation, my Blood by the motion of Circulation,..my Guts by the motion of Vermiculation. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 192 Hypochondriac..Affections, such as Vermiculations, Flushings.
†b. (See quot.) Obs.—0
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Vermiculation,..the griping of the Guts, a Disease.
3. With pl. A tortuous boring or marking made by, or resembling the track of, a worm.
1670Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xxv. 123 The wood of the Enzina,..when old, is curiously chambletted, and embroidered with Natural vermiculations. 1874T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd ix, The face of the boards is shown to be eaten into innumerable vermiculations. 1891G. E. Shelley Catal. Birds Brit. Mus. XIX. 24 The under surface of the body pale sulphur-yellow, more or less mottled..with dull ashy vermiculations.
b. (See quot.) rare—0.
1828–32Webster, Vermiculation, the act of forming so as to resemble the motion of a worm.
c. Without article. Vermicular marking or ornamentation.
1866Daily Tel. 17 Feb. 5/3 This enigma of honeycombing and vermiculation. 1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 21 note, Cross-wise streaking is called barring, and always runs transverse to the axis of a bird; if the lines are straight, it is banding..; if very fine and irregular, it is vermiculation. |