vell

n. [ Cf. L. vellus the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt, or E. fell a hide. ] The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. velléité (cf. It. velleità), fr. L. velle to will, to be willing. ] The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Velvet. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ L. vellicatio. ] 1. The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] A word occurring in the phrase real vellon. See the Note under 1st Real. [ 1913 Webster ]