a. rare–1. [f. as VELLICATE v. + -IVE.] Having the quality of vellicating; causing irritation or twitching.
1822–7. Good, Study Med. (1829), I. 82. They [i.e., teeth] are colloquially said to be set on edge; and that in two ways, as follows:-… From jarring noises…. From vellicative or acrid substances.
