Vē'hi-cle, n.

noun

(vē'hi-kl), n. [Fr. véhicule, Sp. vehículo, It. veiculo, veicolo, Lat. vehiculum, from vehere, to carry.]

That in which any thing is or may be carried, as a coach, wagon, cart, carriage, or the like; a conveyance.
That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication.

A simple style forms the best vehicle of thought to a popular assembly. Wirt.

(Pharmacy.) A substance in which medicine is taken.
(Paint.) A liquid with which the various pigments are applied.

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.