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vellicated |
1 definition found 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.
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