Obs. [f. L. vermiculāt-, ppl. stem of vermiculārī (Pliny), f. vermiculus, dim. of vermis worm.
Other senses that appear in various Dicts. are merely assumed from the ppl. adj.]
1. intr. To become worm-eaten. rare–1.
c. 1631. Elegy on 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, rare–1.
1706. Hearne, Collect. (O.H.S.), I. 183. Her pulse indeed vermiculates, Her Breath is short & little.
