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<h1>Conductor</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*duct"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL., a carrier, transporter, L., a lessee.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.</def>

<blockquote>Zeal, the blind <b>conductor</b> of the will. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Leader</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Prime conductor</col> <fld>(Elec.)</fld>, <cd>the largest conductor of an electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or retain the electricity.</cd></cs>

<h1>Conductory</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*duct"o*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>conductorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the property of conducting.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Conductress</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*duct"ress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman who leads or directs; a directress.</def>

<h1>Conduit</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con"duit</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. LL. <ets>conductus</ets> escort, conduit. See <er>Conduct</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.</def>

<blockquote>All the <b>conduits</b> of my blood froze up. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different <b>conduits</b>, we have drunk. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A structure forming a reservoir for water.</def>

<i>Oxf. Gloss.</i>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A narrow passage for private communication.</def>

<h1>Conduplicate</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*du"pli*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conduplicatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>conduplicare</ets>. See <er>Duplicate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or \'91stivation.</def>

<h1>Conduplication</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*du`pli*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conduplicatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A doubling together or folding; a duplication.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Condurango</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con`du*ran"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Cundurango</er>.</def>

<h1>Condurrite</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*dur"rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.</def>