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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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