vehicular (vehikular)

[ It is on such occasions that the Insides and Outsides, to use the appropriate vehicular phrases, have reason to rue the exchange of the slow and safe motion of the ancient Fly-coaches, which, compared with the chariots of Mr. Palmer, so ill deserve the name. Scott , Heart of Mid-Lothian, i. Vehicular state, the state of a ghost or disembodied spirit. vehiculate (vē-hik'ū-lāt), v. t. and i.; pret. and pp. vehiculated , ppr. vehiculating . [ vehicu lum, vehicle, + -ate2 .] To convey by means of a vehicle; ride or drive in a vehicle. [Rare.] My travelling friends, vehiculating in gigs or otherwise over that piece of London road. Carlyle , Oliver Cromwell, II. 191. vehiculation (vē-hik-ū-lā'shon), n. [ vehicu late + -ion.] Movement of or in vehicles. [Rare.] The New Road with its lively traffic and vehiculation seven or eight good yards below our level. Carlyle , Reminiscences (ed. 1881), II. 168. vehiculatory (vē-hik'ū-lā-to-ri), a. [ vehicu late + -or-y.) Pertaining or relating to a vehicle; vehicular. (Rare.] Logical swim-bladders, transcendental life-preservers, and other precautionary and vehiculatory gear for setting out. Carlyle , Life of Sterling, i. 8. Syn. Force, might, intensity, pa ion. vehemency (vẽ hệ-men-si), n. [As vehemence vehme (fa'me), n . [= F. vehme , cy ).] Same as vehemence . The vehemency of this pa ion's such, Many have died by joying overmuch. Times Whistle (E. E. T. 8.), p. 94.