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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 1024 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VERMICELLI (plural of Ital. vermicello, little
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worm,
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Lat. vermicellus, diminutive of vermis, worm)  , the name of a
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kind of
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paste, made of the granular
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meal of certain hard wheats, and used as a
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food . It is made into
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worm-like threads, whence its name, and differs from
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macaroni only in being made solid and not in hollow tubes . " Spaghetti " (dim. of spago, a small
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cord) is a larger kind of
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vermicelli . In
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Italy these various pastes
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form a
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staple
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article of food . In other countries " vermicelli" is used in soups and puddings, &c .

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