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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vehicle  \Ve"hi*cle\,  n.  [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.)  A  substance  in  which  medicine  is  taken 
 
  4.  (Paint.)  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vehicle  \Ve"hi*cle\,  n.  (Chem.) 
  A  liquid  used  to  spread  sensitive  salts  upon  glass  and  paper 
  for  use  in  photography. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vehicle 
  n  1:  a  conveyance  that  transports  people  or  objects 
  2:  a  medium  for  the  expression  or  achievement  of  something 
  "his  editorials  provided  a  vehicle  for  his  political 
  views";  "a  congregation  is  a  vehicle  of  group  identity" 




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