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Webster 1913 Edition
Vermicelli
Verˊmi-cel′li
,Noun.
[It., pl. of
vermicello
, literally, a little worm, dim. of verme
a worm, L. vermis
. See Worm
, and cf. Vermicule
, Vermeil
.] The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made in larger tubes, it is called macaroni.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vermicelli
VERMICEL'LI
,Noun.
A cookery, little rolls or threads of paste, or a composition of flour, eggs, sugar and saffron, used in soups and pottages.