Vellicate
Vellicate , transitive verb
[Latin vellicatus, past participle of vellicare to twitch, from 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.
Vellicate , intransitive verb
To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.