Vĕr′mi-çĕl′li, n.

(vĕr′me-chĕl′lĭ, or vĕr′me-sĕl′lĭ), n. [It. vermicelli, pl. of vermicello, strictly a little worm, Lat. vermiculus, dim. of vermis, a worm.] The flour of a hard, small grained wheat made into dough, and forced through slender cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, worm-like form, whence the Italian name.