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duct

1. duct \'d*kt\ \'d*k-tl*s\ n [NL ductus, fr. ML, aqueduct, fr. L, act of 
   leading fr. ductus, pp.] of ducere to lead - more at TOW 1: a bodily tube 
   or vessel esp. when carrying the secretion of a gland  2a: a pipe, tube, or 
   channel that conveys a substance  2b: a pipe or tubular runway for carrying 
   an electric power line, telephone  cables, or other conductors 3a: a 
   continuous tube formed in plant tissue by a row of elongated cells th at 
   have lost their intervening end walls 3b: an elongated cavity formed by 
   disintegration or separation of cells  - duct.less aj
2. duct vt : to convey (as a gas) through a duct