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a. & adv. Overmuch. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mix with too much. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It., pl. of vermicello, literally, a little worm, dim. of verme a worm, L. vermis. See Worm, and cf. Vermicule, Vermeil. ] The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made in larger tubes, it is called macaroni. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vermis a worm + caedere to kill. ] A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer. Pereira. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vermis a worm. ] Of or pertaining to worms; wormy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vermiculus a little worm, dim. of vermis a worm: cf. F. vermiculaire. See Vermicelli. ] Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm; as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. See Peristaltic. “A twisted form vermicular.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vermicular work. See under Vermiculated. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Vermiculated p. pr. & vb. n. Vermiculating. ] [ L. vermiculatus inlaid so as to resemble the tracks of worms, p. p. of vermiculari to be full of worms, vermiculus a little worm. See Vermicular. ] To form or work, as by inlaying, with irregular lines or impressions resembling the tracks of worms, or appearing as if formed by the motion of worms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Wormlike in shape; covered with wormlike elevations; marked with irregular fine lines of color, or with irregular wavy impressed lines like worm tracks; as, a vermiculate nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical. “Vermiculate questions.” Bacon. “Vermiculate logic.” R. Choate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made or marked with irregular wavy lines or impressions; vermiculate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vermiculated work, or
Vermicular work (Arch.), rustic work so wrought as to have the appearance of convoluted worms, or of having been eaten into by, or covered with tracks of, worms. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vermiculatio a being worm-eaten. ] 1. The act or operation of moving in the manner of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another; as, the vermiculation, or peristaltic motion, of the intestines. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of vermiculating, or forming or inlaying so as to resemble the motion, track, or work of a worm. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A very fine wavy crosswise color marking, or a patch of such markings, as on the feathers of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vermiculus, dim. of vermis a worm. See Vermicular. ] A small worm or insect larva; also, a wormlike body. [ R. ] Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vermiculus, dim. of vermis worm. ] (Min.) A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. vermiculosus. See Vermicule. ] Containing, or full of, worms; resembling worms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vermis a worm + -form. ] Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vermiform appendix (Anat.), a slender blind process of the caecum in man and some other animals; -- called also vermiform appendage, and vermiform process. Small solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones, sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal, inflammation. See Illust. under Digestion. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A tribe of worms including Phoronis. See Phoronis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vermis a worm + fugare to drive away, fr. fugere to flee. See Worm, and Fugitive. ] (Med.) Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel, worms or vermin; anthelmintic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. vermifuge. See Vermifugal. ] (Med.) A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Vermeil. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. vermis worm + lingua tongue. ] [ Called also Vermilingues. ] (Zool.) (a) A tribe of edentates comprising the South American ant-eaters. The tongue is long, slender, exsertile, and very flexible, whence the name. (b) A tribe of Old World lizards which comprises the chameleon. They have long, flexible tongues. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. vermillon. See Vermeil. ] 1. (Chem.) A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The kermes insect has long been used for dyeing red or scarlet. It was formerly known as the worm dye, vermiculus, or vermiculum, and the cloth was called vermiculatia. Hence came the French vermeil for any red dye, and hence the modern name vermilion, although the substance it denotes is very different from the kermes, being a compound of mercury and sulphur. R. Hunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Vermeil. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. sing. & pl.; used chiefly as plural. [ OE. vermine, F. vermine, from L. vermis a worm; cf. LL. vermen a worm, L. verminosus full of worms. See Vermicular, Worm. ] 1. An animal, in general. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and vermin, and worms, and fowls. Acts x. 12. (Geneva Bible). [ 1913 Webster ]

This crocodile is a mischievous fourfooted beast, a dangerous vermin, used to both elements. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, worms, flies, lice, bugs, etc. “Cruel hounds or some foul vermin.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great injuries these vermin, mice and rats, do in the field. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

They disdain such vermin when the mighty boar of the forest . . . is before them. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are my prisoners, base vermin. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. verminare to have worms, fr. vermis a worm. ] To breed vermin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. verminatio the worms, a disease of animals, a crawling, itching pain. ] 1. The generation or breeding of vermin. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A griping of the bowels. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. Resembling vermin; in the manner of vermin. [ Obs. ] Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. verminosus, fr. vermis a worm: cf. F. vermineux. ] 1. Tending to breed vermin; infested by vermin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some . . . verminous disposition of the body. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Caused by, or arising from the presence of, vermin; as, verminous disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a verminous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vermis a worm + parere to bring forth. ] Producing or breeding worms. “Vermiparous animals.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]