vermiculation

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

VERMICULA'TION, noun 1. The act or operation of moving in the form of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another, as in the peristaltic motion of the intestines. 2. The act of forming so as to resemble the motion of a worm.
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