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Webster 1913 Edition
Conduit
1.
A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.
All the
conduits
of my blood froze up. Shakespeare
This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different
conduits
, we have drunk. Burke.
(b)
A narrow passage for private communication.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conduit
CONDUIT
,Noun.
1.
A canal or pipe for the conveyance of water; an aqueduct. Conduits are made of lead, stone, cast iron, wood, &c., above or below the surface of the earth.2.
A vessel that conveys the blood or other fluid.The conduits of my blood.
3.
A conductor.These organs are the nerves which are the conduits to convey them from without to their audience in the brain.
4.
A pipe or cock for drawing off liquor.5.
Any channel that conveys water or fluids; a sink, sewer or drain.