VERMICULATE (2)

Ver‐mic″u‐late (?), a. 1. 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.
2. 2. Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical. “Vermiculate questions.” Bacon. “Vermiculate logic.” R. Choate.