Ve"hi*cle (?), n.
(Chem.) A liquid
used to spread sensitive salts upon glass and paper for use
in photography.
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.
&fist; 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.
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