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单词 vermiculated
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vermiculatedadj.

Brit. /vəːˈmɪkjᵿleɪtᵻd/, /vəˈmɪkjᵿleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /vərˈmɪkjəˌleɪdᵻd/
Etymology: See vermiculate v. and -ed suffix1.
1.
a. Worm-eaten; covered or ornamented with markings resembling those made by the gnawing of worms.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worm-eaten
wormetec1000
worm-fret1430
wormyc1430
worm-eatena1475
worm-eat1597
vermiculated1623
wormed1846
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > curves or spirals
waved1547
water-waved1599
scrolled1603
undulate1658
undulated1664
vermiculated1707
gadrooned1726
scrolling1936
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Vermiculated, worme-eaten.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Vermiculated, eaten with worms.
1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 78 The pinnæ set in the middle are largest,..having on the backside several vermiculated, ferrugineous lines, in which is the seed.
1886 C. D. Warner Their Pilgrimage (1888) vi. 157 The worms worked underneath..until the bark came off and exposed the stems most beautifully vermiculated.
1914 H. L. Joly Catal. Behrens Coll. iv. 24 Bronze Koro, vermiculated design charged with dragons.
b. Botany. Of plants or leaves: ? Presenting a worm-eaten appearance. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > appearance of plant > defined by texture > [adjective] > full of holes or slits
perforated1678
vermiculated1731
punched1793
pertused1800
pertuse1815
fenestrate1835
pertusate1879
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Santolina, vermiculata, Cretica, Tourn[efort]. Vermiculated Lavender Cotton of Candy.
1746 R. James in Moffett & Bennet's Health's Improvem. (new ed.) Introd. 17 Those Vegetables also which contain an aromatic alcaline Oil..[include] Savory. Acrid vermiculated Houseleek. Mustard.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Santolina The species..enumerated by Mr. Tournefort, are these. 1. The common santolina with cylindric vermiculated leaves... And 14. The Cretic santolina with vermiculated leaves.
c. Architecture. Of stone-work or other surfaces so carved or moulded as to present the appearance of worm-tracks.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > resembling tracks made by worms
vermiculated1788
wormy1823
1788 Encycl. Brit. II. 242/1 The rustics may either be plain, hatched, or vermiculated.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 482 In different parts of the Louvre, wormy or vermiculated rustics are to be found.
1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1926 The rocky surface,..the vermiculated, and the punctured, are among the kinds used by the Italians.
1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1173 The caps and key-stone are frequently of stone, the latter being ‘vermiculated’, as it is called, or indented with irregular hollows.
2. Of mosaic work: Wrought, ornamented, or inlaid so as to resemble the sinuous movements or tracks of worms.After Latin (opus) vermiculatum.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > mosaic > [adjective] > resembling tracks made by worms
vermiculated1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Vermiculated,..embroidered, wrought with checquer work, or with small pieces of divers colours, representing sundry pictures, as we see in Tables and Counters.
1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 311 So livelily were their Countenances describ'd in this vermiculated work.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 850/2 For Walls and Vaults:—Fictile or vermiculated; pieces of opaque glass, in small cubes, arranged so as to form complicated pictures.
3. Ornamented with sinuous or wavy lines or markings of a specified colour.
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > having wavy markings
undated1783
undulated1785
vermiculated1872
the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [adjective] > wavy or zig-zag
flecked1664
zigzagged1774
zigzag1785
vermiculated1872
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 124 Our species are..white more or less evidently vermiculated with black below.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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