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  1.  trans. To make vesicular or full of air-cells.

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1865.  Pall Mall G., 18 Oct., 10. He tells us that bread is ‘vesiculated’ by the carbonic acid gas forced into the dough.

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  2.  intr. To become vesicular; to develop vesicles.

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1891.  Cent. Dict.

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