a. rare. [ad. late L. vermiculōs-us (Palladius), f. vermiculus VERMICULE. Cf. It. vermicoloso and next.]

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  † 1.  Of the pulse: = VERMICULAR a. 1 b. Obs.–1

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1707.  Floyer, Physic. Pulse-Watch, 124. The Pulse is languid, slow, vermiculose if without a Fever.

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  2.  Infested with worms; worm-like. rare–0.

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1727.  Bailey (vol. II.), Vermiculose, full of worms.

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1847.  Webster, Vermiculose, 1. full of worms or grubs. 2. resembling worms. [Hence in later Dicts.]

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  Hence Vermiculosity. rare–0.

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1727.  Bailey (Vol. II.), Vermiculosity, Abundance or Fulness of Worms.

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