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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Conduit

/kän'-do͞o-ĭt/ · Con·duit · IPA /ˈkɑnd(j)ʊɪt/
01 n. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.
  1. 1.
    A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.
    “All the conduits of my blood froze up.” Shak.
    “This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different conduits, we have drunk.” Burke.
  2. 2.
    A structure forming a reservoir for water.(Arch.)
  3. 3.
    A narrow passage for private communication.