Vellicate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. VELLICATED; p. pr. & vb. n. VELLICATING.] [Lat. vellicare, vellicatum, from vellere, to pluck, pull; It. vellicare, Pg. vellicar, Sp. velicar.] To twitch; to stimulate; to cause to twitch convulsively.

Convulsions, arising from some vellicating nerve at its extremity, are not dangerous. Arbuthnot.

v. i. To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.