Category:Vehicle

Ve"hi*cle, n. Etym: [l. vehiculum, fr. vehere to carry; akin to e. Way, wain. See way, n., and cf. Convex, inveigh, veil, vex.]

1. That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as A coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means Of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land.

2. That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or Communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy. A simple style forms the best vehicle of thought to a popular Assembly. Wirt.

3. (pharm.)

Defn: a substance in which medicine is taken.

4. (paint.)

Defn: any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever Gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it.

Note: water is used in fresco and in water-color painting, the colors Being consolidated with gum arabic; size is used in distemper Painting. In oil painting, the fixed oils of linseed, nut, and poppy, Are used; in encaustic, wax is the vehicle. Fairholt.