Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vellicate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vellicate \Vel"li*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vellicated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Vellicating}.] [L. vellicatus, p. p. of
vellicare to twitch, fr. vellere to pluck, pull.]
To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.
Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve
in its extremity, are not very dangerous. --Arbuthnot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vellicate \Vel"li*cate\, v. i.
To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vellicate
v : squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her
behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [syn: {pinch}, {squeeze},
{twinge}, {tweet}, {nip}, {twitch}]
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