4. (Paint.) Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including
whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with
it.
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.
Ve"hi*cled (?), a. Conveyed in a vehicle; furnished with a vehicle. M.
Green.
Ve*hic"u*lar (?), a. [L. vehicularis: cf. F. véhiculaire.] Of or
pertaining to a vehicle; serving as a vehicle; as, a vehicular
contrivance.
Ve*hic"u*la*ry (?), a. Vehicular.
Ve*hic"u*late, v. t. & i. To convey by means of a vehicle; to ride in a
vehicle. Carlyle.
Ve*hic`u*la"tion (?), n. Movement of vehicles.
Ve*hic"u*la*to*ry (?), a. Vehicular. Carlyle.
Veh"mic (v"mk or v-; 277), a. [G. vehm, fehm, fehme, a secret tribunal
of punishment, MHG. veime, veme: cf. F. vehmique.] Of, pertaining to,
or designating, certain secret tribunals which flourished in Germany
from the end of the 12th century to the middle of the 16th, usurping
many of the functions of the government which were too weak to maintain
law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their
jurisdiction. Encyc. Brit.
Veil (vl), n. [OE. veile, OF. veile, F. voile, L. velum a sail,
covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to bear, carry, and thus
originally, that which bears the ship on. See Vehicle, and cf. Reveal.]
[Written also vail.]
1. Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an
object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or
similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
The veil of the temple was rent in twain.
Matt. xxvii. 51.
She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadornéd golden tresses
wore.
Milton.