Vermicelli

(vür-me-chel'le.) [It.; from L. vermiculus, a little worm.) (Cook.) A paste made of wheat-flour in the shape of worm-like cylinders of various diameters, the smallest or threadlike being termed V., and the larger Macaroni (q. v.). Vermicular, (vür-miku-lar.) [From L. vermiculus, a little worm.] Resembling the tortuous motion of a worm; as the V. motion of the intestines, called also peristaltic. Vermiform, (vür'me-form.) [From L. vermis, a worm, and form a, shape.] (Anat.) A term applied to various parts in the human body, bearing some resemblance to worms; as the V. proce of the cerebellum. Vermifuge. (fuj.) [From L. vermis, a worm, and fugo, I put to flight.] (Med.) An anthelmintic medicine; or a substance that destroys or expels worms from animal bodies. Vermilion, (-mil'yun.) [Fr. ver mill on.] (Paint.) A red pigment of a hue between scarlet and crimson. There are two kinds of V.: the one natural or native, and the other common or factitious. Native V. or Cinnabar is found in several quicksilver mines, in the form of a ruddy sand, which only requires to be purified. Common V. is made of the red sulphur et of mercury; or, as it was formerly called, fictitions cinnabar, reduced to a fine powder. Vermillion, in Louisiana, a S.W. par., washed by the Mexican gulf. Area, 1.850 sq. m. C. Abbeville. Pop 4,523.- In Illinois, an E. co., drained by a river of same name; area, 900 sq. m.; C. Danville. rop. 30,388.In Indiana, a W. co., on the Illinois border; area, 290 sq. m.; C. Newport. Pop. 10,840. Vermont, (vur-mont'.) A corruption ofFr. verdmont, green mountain.] A N.E. and New England State of the American Union, lying bet. N. Lat. 42° 44′-45°, W. Lon. 71° 33′-73° 25'; and b. N. by Canada, E. by New [s. 934]