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be made of a less compact dough than the vermicelli. 1887
L. OLirnAST K^isiuics (1S88) 153 A soup_ in which was
floating what appeared to be pieces of vermicelli.
b. aitrib.y chiefly in the sense * made of vermicelli
', as vermicelli pudding, soup ; also ' resembling
or suggestive of vermicelli ', as vermicelli
braidj braiding,
1769 Mrs. Raffald Eng. llousehpr, (1778) i When you
malce any kind of soups, particularly portable, vermicelli,
or brown gravy soup. Ibid, 175 A Vermicelli Pudding,
Boil four ounces of vermicelli in a pint of new milk till it is
soft [etc.]. 1806 A. HuNTKR Cuiina (ed. 3) 207 While
Vermicelli Soup. X884 Iliusir, Lond, News 20 Sept. 267/2
We had vermicelli soup (flavoured with grated parmesan
cheese). 1904 Daily Chron. 23 Aug. 8/1 Quite the newest
of these embroideries are the so-called vermicelli braids,
narrow crinkled cords formed into whirligig devices of no
decidedly definite pattern, ipo? Ibid, i Oct. 8 Sleeveless
coats in fme cloth, covered entirely with vermicelli braid-ing.
2, elltpl. Vermicelli soup.
1771 Smollett //«/«//i, CI, 26 April, We. .commonly stop
at Mr. Gill's, the pastrj'-cook, to take a jelly, a tart, or a
small basin of vermicelli. 1850 Mayne Reid ki^e Rangers
xiv, * Perhaps you would prefer Julienne or vermicelli,
gentlemen 1 ' inquired the Don.
VeTmlcidal, a. [f. next + -al.] Of the nature
of a vermicide ; destructive to worms ; anthelmin-
tic. (In recent Diets,)
Vermicide (vSumisaid), Med, [f. Vermi- +
-ciDK I .] A medicine for killing intestinal worms ;
an anthelmintic, a vermifuge.
1849 tr. Pereiras Mat, Med. ff Therap. (ed. 3) 230 Anthelmintics
ai-e of two kinds :—Some act obnoxiously on
intestinal worms— destroying or injuring them. , . These are
. .the vermicides of some authors. 1876 Bartholow Mat,
Med. (1879) 490 Vermicides are remedies which kill as w small as a Mite. 17^ /bid. XLIV. 355 The Vermiclesjof
Ants], .in a few Days mfold themselves in asoft silken kind
of Tissue. X747 Gould £ng. Ants 76 The next. .Exercise
belonging to the working Ants, is feeding the Maggots or
Vermicles, i8aa-7 Good Study Med, (1829) 1 1 T. 366
Vermicles or the larvae of insects have at times been found
in the open ulcer of a cancer. I6id, V. 661 An egg, which
SI' "iives rise to a minute vermicle or larve. 1880 Nature
X XI. 453 The bodies thus evolved simulate worms so
closely.. that Gaule styles ' them Wurmchen ', which may
be translated vermicles.
t Vermi'CTllaiUtt «. Physiol. Obs."^ [a. med.
L. vermiciilanl', vermiculans {pulstts^^ pres. pple.
of L. vermiculdrl'. see Verm icu late v.^
K. vermiculanij Pg, -antcl Of the pulse :
UICL'LAK a. I b.
and cf.
= Ver-
1707 Flover Physic,^ Pulse- H^atc/t 33 The Pulse before a
Syncope U very quick, then small, languid, . . obscure,
vermiculant, fomiicant.
Verxoicalar (vajmi kirflaj), a. and sb. [ad.
med.L. vermicttldriSy f. L, vermiculus: see Ver-
MicuLB, So F. vermiculaire (Par^), Sp., Pg.
vermicular^ It. vermicolare.']
A. adj. 1. Physiol, t *• t Full of vermicules,
Obs. rare~^.
1655 Culpepper & G)le tr. Rivertus vii. iii. 159 Somtimes
it [the blood] is intermitting, watery, vermicular, when the
Lungs are rotten by too much moisture.
b, = Perista-ltio a.
Freq. from C183S.
x67» Phil. Trans. VII. 5137 We instance the Vermicular
motion of the veins [of plants] when exposed to the air.
1713 Chkselden Anat, in. xii. (1726) 236 After this it (the
food] is continually moved by the. .vermicular motion of
the guts. 1791 K. Darwin Bot. Card. i. Notes 09 In
such a structure it is easy to conceive how a vermicular or
peristaltic motion of the vessel., must forcibly push forward
Its contents. 1834 Gooits Study Med. {ed. 4) I. 9 Its [the
stomach's] mascular fibres are calculated to produce a
constant undulatory vermicular movement. 1835-6 Tod(Cs
Cycl, Anat. 1, 668/1 On the supposition that the arteries
undergo an undulatory or vermicular contraction. x88i
MivABT Cat 181 This form of movement is also spoken of
as the vermicular motion of the intestine.
trans/. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med, VII I. 201 Sometimes
these muscles are seen working under the skin in vermicular
fashion.
2. Having the sinuous shape or form character-
istic of a worm; consisting of, characterized by,
tortaons outlines or markings ; sinuous, wavy.
1711 tr, Pontet'iHist, Drues I. 180 The Vermicular, or
Worm-like Gum, is one of the Arabian or Senega Gums.
'753 Phii. Trafts, XLVIII. 87 This second furrow was. .not
in a strait line, but in a vermicular direction. 178^ Cowprr
Task I. 30 A generation more refin'd . . made
three legs four,
Gave them a twisted form vermicular. 1815 Kirbv & Sp.
Entomol. xiv, (1816) I. 438 'Ihe vermicular shape.. of the
masses with which theparval] cases are surrounded, i860
Hook Lives Abps. I. 1, 33 His mantle, .ornamented with
stripes or vermicular figures. 1875 Fortkl'h MaiolicAXU
16 Pottery of Moresque character and ornamentation with
vermicular pattern in copper lustre.
b. Bot, (See quot. 1 866.)
1^66 Compi. Farfuer s.v. Madder^ The [madder] plants
which are raised from layers.. produce very few of those
vermicular roots, which are the only valuable ones. 1849
Balfolr J/rt«. Bot. Gloss. 641 t. 1866 Treas. Bot. 1210, 2
Vermicular^ worm-shaped ; thick, and almost cylindrical,
but bent in diflfereiit places.
0. Ajiat. - VEBiUFORM a. 5, 3 b,
1843 J. G. Wilkinson Sivedenborg's Anim. Kingd. 1. v,
148 The vermicular appendage is seen on one side of the
fundus of the coecum, resembling a miniature intestine.
1891 Cent, Diet. s.v.. Vermicular appendix or process.
o. Uf or pertaining to, characteristic of, a worm
or worms ;
resembling or like a worm,
1713 Derham Phys.'Theol. (1716) 385 In its Vermicular
Slate it is a red Magt^ot. 1720 S. Pakker Bibliothcca Bibl.
I. 152 Without the Taint of the polluted Vermicular Life.
175* Phil. Trans. XLVII. 449 Several species of vermicular
tubes found in the sea. i8oa IjInglev Anim. Biog,
(1813) III. 7 Across the body there are several annular
divisions, or rather rugse of the skin, from which the fish
should seem to partnke of a vermicular nature. 1804 J.
Grahame JrtMrt//f (1839) 16; I We may compare the erect
spirit of a British legislature with the vermicular servility
of. .the senate of France, 1892 Scottish Leader 24 May 4
Vermicular patience, however, has its limits,
b. Accomplished or made by worms; performed
by means of worms. Alsoy?f.
1715 tr, Pancirollui Rerum Mem. II. i. 266 From thence
came also Indian Figs, Nuts and Canes, and a vermicular
kind of Web made of Silk, 182s Blackvj. Mag. XII. 153
The party, which the work stood pledged to oppose through
all its vermicular attacks on the glorious fabric of British
Institutions. 1887 C. Hazard Mem. J, L, Diman xv. 338
The trout here disdain flies. As Lewis phrases it, vermicular
fishing is what succeeds.
o. Vermicular work : (see quot. and Vebmicu-
LATED ppl. a. I c).
1728 Chambers O'c/., Vermicular Work,.. In Sculpture,
a sort of Ornaments used in Rustick Work ; consisting of
Frets, or Knobs, cut with Points, representing, in some sort,
the Tracks made by Worms.
4, Of the nature of a worm. Vermicular ascarisj
the threadworm, Oxyttrus {^scaris) vermicularis.
1784 Cowper Let. 13 Dec, No animal of the vermicular or
serpentine kind is crested but the most formidable of all.
1802 BiNCLEV Anim. Biog. (1813) III. 395 The Vermicular
Ascarides are very common in the intestines of children.
liza-^ Good Study Med. (1829)!. 365 For the cure of vermicular
ascarides, or maw-worms and bots, these oils have
been used in the form of injections.
Jlj^. and trans/. 1825 Examiner ^o'jj'z Fawcett..wanted a
little more personal flexibility..; he cannot, at his time of
life, be sufficiently vermicular. i8m Lowell Cambridge
30 y. Ago Prose Wks. 1890 I, 89 Refusing to molest the
canker-worms, .because we were all vermicular alike, 1872
RusKiN Arr(nvs of Chace (1880) II. 189 Criminals.. are
partly men, partly vermin ; what is human in them you
must punish—what is vermicular, abolish.
b. Comprising or consisting of worms.
1886 H. F. Lester Under two Pig Trees vtii. 117 Their
(iv:. worms'! minds, like their bodies must be glutinous;
hence they stick to the thin-end theory. . . There is no sect of
'bigendians' in the vermicular fold.
5. Path. Of diseases : Due to, caused by, intestinal
worms.
iTjK R. J. SuLiVAN View Nat, I. 237 Hence the probable
utility of fixed air in vermicular diseases, a i8aa Shkllkv
Devil Pr. Wks. 1880 II. 400 Persons subject to vermicular
and animalcular diseases.
+ B. sb, = Vebmicule. Obs. rare.
i6!>o R. Clark Vermiculars Destroyed q X sort of invisible
Worms or Vermiculars. Ibid, 11 The Putrefaction.. is
degenerated into innumerable Vermiculars.
Hence Verml'cularly adv,
1812 Nem Bot. Card. I, 84 The seeds .. vermicularly
wrinkled.
Vermiculate (vaimi-kiwl-rt), a. [ad, L. vermiculdt-us^
pa. pple. oi vermiculdrl : see next.
Several other senses given in various Diets, are merely
inferences from senses of the ppl. adj.]
Vermiculated ; vermicular ; sinuous. Chiefly/^'*.
1605 Bacon Adv, Lenm, i. iv, §5 It is the propertie of
good and sound knowledge to putrifie and dissolue into a
number of subtile, idle, vnholesome, and (as I may tearme
them) vermiculate questions. 1658 Phillips, Vermiculate^
worm-eaten, a 1864 R. Choate (Webster), Vermiculate
logic 1872 G, Macdonald WHf.Cuntb. Ill.xvi. 214 My
life seemed only a vermiculate one, a crawling about of
half-thoughts-half- feelings through the corpse of a decaying
existence, 1891 Cent. Did, s.v,, Vermiculate colormarkings.
b. spec» in Ent. (See quot.)
1826 K18BV & Sp. Entomol. IV, xlvi. 271 Vertiticulatc,.,
having tortuous excavations as if eaten by worms.
t Verzui'Clllate, v. Obs. [f. L. vermiculdl-y
ppl. stem of vermiculdrl (Pliny), f. vermiculus,
dim. of vermis worm.
Other senses which appear in various Diets, arc merely
assumed from the ppl, adj.]
1. inlr. To become worm-eaten, ranr'^,
c 1631 Elegy OH Donne D.'s Poems ( 1654) B b iv b, Speake,
Doth his body there vermiculate, Crumble to dust, and
feele the lawes of Fate?
2. To beat with peristaltic motion, rarer'^.
1706 Hearne Collect, (O.H.S.) 1. 183 Her pulse indeed
vermicuiaces, Her Breath is short & little.
Vermi'Culated, ///. a, [See prec. and -ed l.]
1, Worm-eaten ; covered or ornamented with
markings resembling those made by the gnawing
of worms,
16*3 CocKERAH I, Vermiculaiedy worme-eaten. [Hence
'
in Blount.] 1707 Sloane Jamaica I. 7S The pinnse set in
the iniddle are largest,, .having on the backside several
vermiculated, ferrugineous lines, in which is the seed. 1886
C. D. Warner Their Pilgrimage vi. (1888) 157 The worms
worked underneath.. until the bark came off and exposed
the stems most beautifully vermiculated. 1914 H. L. Joly
Caial. Behrens Coll. iv. 24 Bronze Koro, vermiculated
design charged with dragons.
b. Bot. Of plants or leaves : ? Presenting a
t
worm-eaten appearance. Obs.
1731 Miller Card. Diet., Santolina, vermiculata,
Cretica, Tourn[efort], Vermiculated Lavender Cotton of
Candy. 1746 Robt. James Inirod. Mou/et's HealtfCs
Imfirov. 17 Those Vegetables also which contain an
aromatic alcaline Oil. .[include] Savory. Acrid vermiculated
Hou.seleek, Mustard. 1753 Chambers' Cycl. Suppl, s.v.
Santolina^ The species, .enumerated by Mr. Tourneforl,
are these, i. The common santolina with cylindric vermi.
culated leaves... And 14. The Cretic santolina with vermiculated
leaves.
0. Arch, Of stone-work or other surfaces so
carved or moulded as to present the appearance of
worm-tracks.
1788 Encycl. Btit, (ed. 3) II. 242/1 The rustics may either
be plain, hatched, or vermiculated. 1823 P, Nicholson
Pract, Build. 482 In different parts of the Louvre, wormy
or vermiculated rustics are to be found. 1833 Locdon
Encycl, Archit. § 1926 The rocky surface,.. the vermiculated,
and the punctured, are among the kinds used by
the Italians. x88x Young Ezl Man his o^vn Mech. § 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 L. {opus) vertniculatum,
1656 Blount Glossogr., Vermiculated^ .. embroidered,
wrought with checquer work, or with small pieces of divers
colours, representing sundry pictures, as we see in Tables
and Counters. 1712 Hearne Collect. (O.H.S.) III. 311 So
livelily were their Countenances describ'd in this vermiculated
work. iBSz 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.
1872 CoUES N, Atner. Birds 124 Our species are.. white
more or less evidently vermiculated with black below.
Vermiculatioil (V3jmiki;?]^-j3n). [ad. L.
vermiculdlidn-yverniiculdtio (Pliny), noun of action
f. vermiculdrl : see Vermiculate v.']
1. The fact or condition of being infested with
or eaten by worms ; conversion into small worms.
x6ii Florio, Vermiculatione^ a vermiculation, a breeding
or crauling of vermine or grubs. 1630 Donne Last Serttt,
Wks. 1839 VI. 285 Putrefaction and Vermiculation and Incineration
and Dispersion in. .the Grave. 1640 Howell
Dodona's Gr, 70 This huge Olive which flourishd so long.
fell, as they say, of vermiculation, being all worme-eaten
within. 1658 J. Rowland Mou/et's Thcat. hts. 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. 1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn, 1, Vermiculation^
is an Infection of Plants by Worms. 1706 Phillips (ed.
Kersey), Vertniculation^. . the breeding of Worms in Trees,
Herbs, or Fruits.
/ig. 1907 Daily Chron. 3 Apr. 3/1 The decay and vermiculation
of faith has already brought European theology to
the verge of collapse.
t2. Path, Vermicular or peristaltic movement of
the intestines, etc. ; peristalsis. Also transf.
1652 Spahke Prim, Devot, (1663) 117 [There is] a vermiculation
in his muscles. Convulsions seize on his whole
body. 1671 [R. MacWard] True Noncon/. 44 This is the
vermiculation of your pulse, a 1676 Hale 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. 1710 T. Fuller
Pharvi. Extemp. 192 Hypochondriac Affections, such as
Vermiculations, Flushings.
fb. (See quot.) Obs-""
1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Vermiculationt..i\\t griping
of the Guts, a Disease.
3. With pi. A tortuous boring or marking made
by, or resembling the track of, a worm,
16^ Evelyn Sylva (ed, 2) xxv. 123 The wood of the
.when old, is curiously chamblelted, and embroid-
Enzina, .
ered with Natural vermiculations. 1874 T. Hardy E'ar fr.
Madding Crowd ix. The face of the boards is shown to be
eaten into innumerable vermiculations. 1891 G- E. Shelley
Catal. Birds Brit, Mus. XIX, 34 The under surface of the
body pale sulphur-yellow, more or less mottled.. with dull
ashy vermiculations.
b. (See quot.) rare~^.
1828-32 Webster, Vertniculation^ the act of forming so
as to resemble the motion of a worm,
C. Without article. Vermicular marking or
ornamentation.
1866 Daily Tel. 17 Feb. 5/3 This enigma of honeycombing
and vermiculation. 1872 Coues 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.
Vermicule (va'jmikirfi), Biol. [ad. L. vermicui-tts,
dim. of vermis vform, Cf, Vermicle.] A
small worm or worm-like creature ; a maggot or
grub. Also cUtrib,
1713 Derham Phys.-TkeoL viil vi, (1716) 391 We see
many Vermicules towards the outside of many of the oakapples.
1778 [W. H. Marshall] Minutes Agric, 24 Jan.
1775, Perhaps, from insects or vermicules, or both, comes