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VERMICITLIST. 134 VERMILION.
smnU iB*»-7 Good Siuii'/ Med. (1S29) IV. 392 A transfer
of vennicules from one individual to another. x8q8 P.
Manson Trop. Diseases \. iS The halteridium .. slowly
changes form, becoming elongated into a pigmented spindleshaped
body or vermicule. 1B99 Allbuifs Syst. Med. VIII.
943 In the former.. there Is a corresponding or travelling
vermicule stage.
Hence + Vemii'OTLlist, a supporter of the view
that generation is due to vermicnles.
1784 tr. S^UaHzaKts Diss. Nat. Hist. II. 249 The three
prinapal systems respecting the generation of animals, the
system of the ovarists, that of the vermiculists, and that
founded upon the two liquors.
Vermiculite (vaami ki/Hait). [f. L. vermicid-arl
(see \*ermiculate z/.) + -ite 1.]
L Rlin. * Hydrous silicate of aluminium, iron»
and magnesium, occurring in small foliated scales *
(Chester).
18x4 T. H. Webb in Amer. yniL Set. 8f Arts VII. 55 If
subjected to the flame of a blowpipe, . . it expands and shoots
out into a variety of fanciful forms, resembling most generally
small -tvorms-.Ai this proves to be a new variety..
term it Vermiculite (worm breeder). 1863 Dana Man. Mitt,
149 Vermiculite . . looks and feels like steatite ; but when
heated before the blowpipe, worm-like projections shoot out,
owing to a separation of the thin leaves composing the
grains. 1888 RuTLEV Rock-forming Min, 199 Vermiculite
and Jeffreysite are considered to be altered varieties of
phlogopite.
b. //. (See quot.)
1875 Ure^s Did. Arts {ed. 7) III. 1074 Vertm'culiteSy a
group of minerals resembling the chlorites, remarkable for
their exfoliation before the blowpipe.
2. Geol. 'A short worm-track seen on the surface
of many flagstones* (1884 Imp. Did.).
VermiculO'Sei a. rare. [ad. late L. vermicuids~us
(Palladius), f. vermiculus Vermicule. Cf.
It. vermicoloso and next-]
+ 1. Of the pulse : «= Vermicular a. i b. Obsr^
1707 Floyer Physic, Pulse-Watch 124 The Pulse is
languid, slow, vermiculose if without a Fever.
2. Infested with worms ; worm-like. rare"^.
I7»7 Bailev (vol. II), Vermiculose, full of worms. 1847
Webster, Vermiculosey i. full of worms or grubs. 2. resembling
worms. [Hence in later Diets.]
Hence Yermiculo'sity. rar€~^.
17J7 Bailey (vol. II), VeTtmculosity, Abundance or Fulness
of Worms.
Venuiculous (vajmi^kiwlss), a. [See prec.
and -ous. Cf. F. vermiculeux.']
1. Full of worms, rarer-^.
1690 R. Clark Vermiculars Destreiyed 14 SUme and
vermiculous matter.
2. Of or pertaining to worms.
1813 T. Busby Lucretius I. in. Comm. p. xxv, Otherwise,
the vermiculous souls will be portions of human souls. 1819
H. Busk Banquet in. 462 The race vermiculous.
3. Having a wormy appearance.
1818 Todd, ^Vrw/cw/tJKj, ..resembling grubs. xZy^ Neiv
Monthly Mag. LVI I. 406 The more prominent part of the
[man's] nose, on whose vermiculous top, the Prussian blue
mostly prevailed.
4. Path. Of strangury : Accompanied or marked
by the discharge of worms or helminths.
1823-7 Good Study Med. (182^) V. 469 They lay a
foundation for the following varieties :. .Spasmodic strangury..
..Scalding strangury.. .Vermiculous stranguty.
t Vermiculus. Obs. PI. vermiculi. [L,,
dim. of vermis worm. Cf. Vermicule.]
1. A small worm or grub ; a vermicule.
1694 W. .Salmon Bate^s Dispens. (1713) 12 All the Vermiculi,
or Miasmata^ which are the Progenerators of the
Plague, or Pestilence. 17*8 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Vermes^
Some Authors assert, .. that ^\% SpoHum is not animated,
but receives its Sense and Motion from VermicuH^ or
Cucurbitini inclosed in it. Ibid. s.v. Vermicular.
2. A Species of marine annelid; a sea- worm.
a 17*8 Woodward Fossils (1729) I. 11. 22 A Vermiculus
growing to a Piece of a Pinna Marina. 1753 Chambers'
Cycl. Suppl. S.V., These shells are called vermiciili,. .itom.
the fish contained in them, which is always a sort of worm.
1776 Da Costa Elem. Conchol. 284 A chambered Vermiculus,
taken from Davila's Catalogue.
tVe'rmified,/^.///^. Obs.~^ [SeeVERMi-and
-FY.] Troubled with, infested by, intestinal worms.
1666 G. Harvey Morbus Angl. xvii, (1672) 36 Persons thus
vermifyed, seldom go to stool without avoiding a great
quantity of those verminous seeds.
Vdrxuiform (vaumifpim), a. [ad. med.L.
vermiform'is (whence F., It., Sp., and Pg. vermiforme),
f. L. vermis worm : see -FOBM. Cf.
Vebmes and Vekmis.
Vermi/ormal \s used by Urquhart Rabelais (1653) **• '^*"i
translating Y. vermiformed
1. Zool. Having the form of a worm ; resembling
a worm in appearance or shape ; long, thin, and
more or less cylindrical.
1730 Bailey (fol.), Vermiform^, .shaped like a Worm. 18x6
KiRBY & Sr. Entonwl. I. 437 A covering of vermiform
masses, apparently composed of honey and pollen. 1828
Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 211 Body elongated, but not
vermiform or linear. 1857 Eraser's Mag. LVI. 641 [It]
feeds on the insects with its protruded vermiform tongue.
i88x Darwin Veg. Mould xv. (1882) 186 Five or six vermiform
castings had been thrown up.
b. Of animals.
x8a6 KiHBV & Sp. Entotnol. IV. xlvii. 374 One species,
which much resembles the vermiform larvse of Hymenoptera,
1%^ Patterson Zool. 57 The Leeches and Worms present
very much the same aspect as the vermiform or worm-
shaped Echiiiodermata. 1846 Carpenter Man. Phys. 505
111 some of the lowest Vermiform (worm-like) Fishes, such
as the Lamprey. 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Caial. 283 These
young vermiform and semi-transparent eels.
o. spec, (see quot.)
1877 Coues Fur Anim. iv. 116 In general form, the Stoat
typihes a group of carnivorous Mammals aptly called
'vermiform , in consideration of the extreme length, tenuity
and mobility of the trunk, and shortness of the limbs.
2. Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, a worm
vermicular.
like or resembling that of a worm ;
1835-6 TodtCs Cycl. Anat. I. 327/2 The Spleen.. in Birds
..sometimes presents an elongated and vermiform shape.
1859 Uarwin Orig. Spec, (i860) xiii. 442 If we look to the
admirable drawings, .of the development of this insect, we
see no trace of the vermiform stage. 1878 Bell Gegenbaur's
Comp. Anat. 118 In the Discophora they form tufts of filaments,,
.and execute vermiform movements.
3. AjmI. a. Vermiform appendix or appendage^
a small, worm-like process or diverticulum extending
from the caecum in man and a few other
mammals.
{a) 1778 EncycL Brit. (ed. 2) I. 368/2 Of the Uttle vermiform
appendix of the caicum, it will be sufficient to say
ihat its uses have never yet been ascertained. 187a Huxlkv
I'hys. vi. 150 An elongated, blind process, .which from its
shape is called the vermiform appendix of the ca;cum, 1B88
RoLLESTON & Jackson Anim. Life 28 Caecum with vermiform
appendix. . of rabbit.
(/') 1841 T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. 6S0 In Man, the
Orangs, ..and the Wombat,.. both cxcum and vermiform
appendage are met with. X876 Rristowe The, Sf Pract.
Med, (1878) 674 Concretions are mostly found in the vermiform
appendage and are the usual causes of perforative
ulceration of this part.
b. Vermiform process, the median lobe of the
cerebellum, the upper and lower lamina; of which
are distinguished as the superior and inferior
vermiform processes.
Also, = prec. (In some recent Diets.)
xZ-^ Penny Cycl, V. 332/1 The cerebellum. .. In the centre
of its upper surface there is a distinct prominence termed
the vermiform process, 1840 E. Wilson Anat. Vade M.
(1842) 383 The cerebellum is divided into two lateral hemispheres
or lobes, two minor lobes called superior and inferior
vermiform processes, and some small lobules. 1899 Allbuifs
Syst. Med. VII. 497 A very little lymph on the superior
vermiform process of the cerebellum.
Hence Vermiformous «., ' shaped like a worm *
(Kailey, 1727, vol. II).
Vermifugal (vaimi'fi/Jgal), a. Med. [f. next
-f -AL.] = Vermifuge a.
1830 LiNDLEV Nat. Syst. Bot, 8 The seeds of Delphinium
Stapbisagria are vermifugal and caustic. 1875 H. C. Wood
Tlierap. (1879) 447 Especially in the case of the seat-worm
the vermifugal enemata should be medicated,
Vennifage (vS'Jmifiwd.^^), a. and sb. Med. [a.
F. vermifuge (= It., Sp., Pg. vermifugo), or ad.
mod. I., type *vermifugus^ f. L. vermi'S worm
see -FUGE.]
A. adj. Causing or promoting the evacuation or
expulsion of worms or other animal parasites from
the intestines; anthelmintic.
In some instances perh. an attributive use of the sb.
1697 in Mem. Rokeby (Surtees) 58 Vermifuge pills, a box
3s. 4d. 1769 E. Bancroft Guiana 54 Their vermifuge
quality. .justly intitles them to particular attention. 1803
Med. Jrnl. IX. 468 The physician had suspected the
presence of worms, and prescribed vermifuge medicines
accordingly. 1858 Simmonds Diet. Trade, Sindhooka^
Sinduya, vernacular names in India for the Vitcx Negundo,
the fruit of which is considered vermifuge. 18^ Bristowe
The. ^ Pract, Med. (1878) 711 The administration of vermifuge
drugs.
B. sb. A medicament or substance having the
power or property of expelling worms from the
intestines; an anthelmintic.
1718 QuiNcv Compl. Disp. C1719) no It is used hardly in
any other Intention in Medicine, than as a Vermifuge.
1763 Phil. Trans. LIII. 14 Vermifuges of the most celebrated
kind, ..and such other medicines as tend. .to carry
off or destroy the worms, were assiduously administered.
i8aa-7 Good Study Med. (1829) I. 364 In the former [class
of anthelmintics] we may rank.. all the oleaginous vermifuges,
as oil of olives, beech-nuts, castor, and terpentine
[etc.]. 1843 YouATT Horse xiii. (184^) 292 Arsenic w.is
once in great repute as a tonic and vermifuge. 1871 Garkod
Mat. Med. (ed. 3) 404 Anthelmintics are employed for the
following purposes:— ..2. The indirect, or vermifuges, to
expel any worms, living or dead.
t Vermi -fugous, a. Obs. rare. [f. as prec. +
-CDS.] Vermifugal, vermifuge.
17*6 C. D'Anvers Craftsman xxxix. (1727) 374 If _my
ingenious friend can by an>^ vermifugous preparation bring
away or destroy this pernicious Animalcule.
Vermigelly, obs. form of Vekmicelli.
t Vermiglion, obs. var. Vermilion sb. (perh.
after It. vermiglione).
1592 Greene Conny-Catch. in. Wks. (Grosart) X. 234
Paynters coulde not.. make away theyr Vermiglion, if
tallow faced whoores vsde it not for their cheekes,
Vermil(e, obs. or var. ff. VsKMEiLrt., sb., and v,
Vermilion (vajmi'lyan), sb. and a. Forms :
a. 3 vermelyon, 6 -eleon, -eleoun ; 4-5 vermilyon,
5 -ylyoun, 5-6 -ylyon(e, 6 -ylion
4-5 vermilioun, 5- vermilion (6-7 -milian, 7
virmilion). 3. 4 vermeillone, 5 -elone, 5-7
-elon, 6 Sc. -eloun 4-5 vermylone, ; 4 fer-, 5
vermyloun, 5-6 vermylon; 4-5 vermulon,
4-5 vermilon(e, -iloun ; also 6 vermelonde,
Sc. wermeling, -myling. 7. 6-9 vermillion, 7
virmillion. [a. AF. and OF. vermeillon, vermilion,
vermiio{u)nj etc. (mod.F. vermilion^ =
Prov. vermeillon, vermillopi, vcrmelho, Cat. bermellOj
Sp. bermellon, bermillon, vermellon^ Pg.
vermelkaOj It. vermiglione), f. vermeily^^WLlh a.
Hence also Du. vermiljoen, Da. and Sw. vermilion.']
A. sb. 1. Cinnabar or red crystalline mercuric
sulphide, esp. in later use that obtained artificially,
much valued on account of its brilliant scarlet
colour, and largely used as a pigment or in the
manufacture of red sealing-wax ; also, any red earth
resembling this and similarly used as a pigment.
In early use rendering L. minium and occas. confused
with 'red lead' {as in quot. 1546 in ^) : see Minium.
a, 1296 Ace. Exch, K. R. 5/20 m. 4 In duabus libris dc
Vermeiyon emptis. 1336-7 Ely Sacr. Rolls (1907) II. 83
In ij libris de vermilioun empt. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 508
Vermyiyone, minium. 1471 Kiplev Comp. Alch. Adm. i.
in Ashm. Theat, Chem. Brit, (1652) 189 Many Experyments
I have had in bond; .. Which I wyll tell the rehersyng
sone: Eegynnyng wyth Vermylion. «i533 Ld.
IJiiRNEits Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) Kkj, All the Decade
was written with blacke ynke, and these wordes with redde
vermylyon. 1553 Kden Decades (Arb.) 384 Cinoper or ver-
milion which the paynters vse in certeyne coloures. 1626
Uacon Sylva § 291 Metals give Orient and fine Colours . . in
their Putrefactions or Rusts, as Vermilion, Verde-grease
[etc.]. 1669 Sturmv Mariner's Mag. 11. 119 Thi^ will be.,
as ready to you, as if these Letters were painted out for you
in Vermilion. 1758 Reid tr. Macguer's Chyni. 1. 82 Cinabar
finely levigated acquires a much brighter red colour, and
is known to painters by the name of Vermilion. 1841
Thackeray Gt. Hoggarty Diam. xii, All this while Mary
was anxiously looking in his face,. .as pale as death ; while
Gus-.was as red as vermilion. 1871 Garrod Mat. Med.
(ed. 3) 103 Dark scarlet shining crystalline masses, forming,
when powdered, a beautiful scarlet colour, known by the
name of vermilion.
&. J300-1 Durham Ace. Rolls (Surtees) 503 In tribus
libr. Gummi, di. li. de vermtloun, iij s. 1356 Pipe Roll 32
Edw. Ill, m. 33/2 b, In..ij. clench' hamers, iiij. boltes
ferri, .. xxxj. lb. de vermeillone. 1387 Trevisa_ Higden
(Rolls) I. 63 Of the. .strondes of )7e Reed See is i-gadered
vermylon. Ibid. II. 331 And ^ere is i-founde scharpe fermyloun
[L. minium^. C1400 Pety Job 580 in 26 Pol.
Poems 139 Ynke blak or rede. Made with gumme and
vermylone. 1413-20 Lvix;. Chron, Troy ii. 4717 We may
al day oure colour grynde & bete, Tempre our azour and
vermyloun. 1480 Robt. Deryll 21 Robertes clothes were
readde as vermulon. 1505-6 Ace, Ld High 'Precis. Scot.
III. 184 For iij di. pund vermeloun to him, xiiij s. 1546
Langi.ev Pol. I'erg. de Invent. 11. xiv. 59b, Vermilon^ or
redde lead was founde in Ephesus by Gallius an Athenien.
1567 Maplet Gr. P'orest 98 The Parret.. about hir necke..
hath a Collar or Chaine naturally wrought like to Sinople
or Vermelon. 1609 B1BI.1; (Douay) Isa. i. 18 If they be red
as vermelon, they shal be white as wooll,
y. 1591 Sylvester Du Bartas 1. iii. 901 I'le pnely now
emboss my Book with Brass, Dye 't with Vermillion, deck 't
with Coperass. 1594 Plat Jewell-ho. in. 46 Mingle..
Vermillion with Masticke for a red colour, 1604 E. G[rimsione]
D'Acosta^s Hist. Indies iv. xi. 237 Quicke-silver is
found in a kinde of .stone, which dooth likewise yeelde
Vermillion. 1698 T. Froger P'oy. 112 Calices . . made of
Gold, Vermillion, and silver. 1763-71 H. Walpole Vertue's
Anecd. Paint. (1786) IV. 8 New cloathing them in vermillion
and ultramarine. 1796 Withering Brit. PI. (ed. 3)
IV. 397 Dust the colour of vermillion. t^y^VR^Dict. Arts
1278 The vermillion of commerce is often adulterated with
red lead, brickdust, dragon's blood, and realgar. 1865 Watts
Diet. Chem. III. 912 Mercuric Sulphide, .. in the latter
[crystallised state], ..has a fine red colour and constitutes
the well-known pigment called cinnabar or vermillion.
b. Used as a cosmetic or for painting the body.
In later use chiefly with reference to the 'war-paint' of
the American Indians,
1600 J. PoRY tr. Leo*s Africa ni. 144 The morrow after a
companie of women goe to dresse the bride, to combe her
locks, and to paint her cheekes with vermillion. x6..
Middleton Old La-.u in. i. The old wrinkles are well filled
up, but the vermillion is seen too thick. 1635 Swan .S^i^c.^V.
VI. (1643) 294 Camillus, when he triumphed in Rome, was
painted with this Vermilion. 1788 Encycl. Brit.{ed.i) I.
547/z A thick coat of vermilion commonly distinguishes
the [Red Indian's] cheeks, 1809 A. Henry TraT/. 247 The
men were almost entirely naked, and their bodies painted
with a red ochre, procured in the mountains, ami often called
vermilion. 1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 71 Happy was he
who could render himself hideous with vermilion. 18^3
Marrvat M. Violet xxiii, When does a Comanche turn his
back on receiving the vermilion from his chief? Never I
2. The colour of this pigment ; a bright red or
scarlet.
a 1400-50 Alexander 4336 Nouthire to toly ne to taunde
transmitte we na vebbis. To vermylion ne violett ne variant
littisr 1430-40 Lydc. Bochas 11. xiii. (1554) 5»b, Fenix as
Clerkes eke endite Found fyrst the colour of vermilion.
1530 pALSGR. 284/2 Vermylon, reed colour, uermilion. 1587
A. Day Daphnis ^ Chloe (1890) 51 A vermillion more
perfect, thair rested in the freshe springing rose. 1590
Spenser F. Q, \, v. o Streames of bloud..\Vuh which the
armes, that earst so Lright did show, Into a pure vermillion
now are dyde. 1638 Guilliin's Her. (ed. 3) 1. ii. 19 Amongst
Colours.. this Colour Vermilion, or Red, hath the prime
place. 1646 J. Hall Poems 52 A Rose can more Vermilion
speake. Then any cheeke. 1681 Drvden Abs. Sf Achit. i.
649 His long Chin prov'd his Wit ; his Saint-like Grace A
Church Vermilion, and a Moses's Faca 1708 Ozell tr.
Boileau's Lutrin 20 Streight the Vermillion vanish 'd from
her Face. 1793 Beddoes Calculus 230 The blood became
of a brighter vermilion. 1822 [M. A. Kelty] Osmond i. 274
The soft vermillion.. of her complexion. 1838 Thiklwau,