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Vermiculated

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ver·mic·u·late  (vr-mky-lt)
tr.v. ver·mic·u·lat·ed, ver·mic·u·lat·ing, ver·mic·u·lates
To adorn or decorate with wavy or winding lines.
adj. (-lt, -lt)
1. Bearing wavy, wormlike lines.
2. Having a wormlike motion; twisting or wriggling.
3. Sinuous; tortuous.
4. Infested with worms; worm-eaten.
[Latin vermiculr, vermicult-, from vermiculus, diminutive of vermis, worm; see vermicular.]
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Adj.1.Vermiculatedvermiculated - decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework"
vermicular, vermiculate
fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"


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Its roof was of black slate, with bright unweathered ridge-tiling; its walls were of blood-coloured brick, cornered and banded with vermiculated stucco work, and there was cobalt, magenta, and purest apple-green window-glass on either side of the front door.
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