VELLET
Vel"let, n.
Defn: Velvet. [Obs.] Spenser.
VELLICATE
Vel"li*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vellicated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vellicating.] Etym: [L. vellicatus, p. p. of vellicare to twitch, fr.
vellere to pluck, pull.]
Defn: To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively. Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous. Arbuthnot.
VELLICATE
Vel"li*cate, v. i.
Defn: To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.
VELLICATION
Vel`li*ca"tion, Etym: [L. vellicatio.]
1. The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch.
2. (Med.)
Defn: A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face.