n. [ F., fr. LL. conductus escort, conduit. See Conduct. ]
All the conduits of my blood froze up. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different conduits, we have drunk. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Elec.) A system of electric traction, esp. for light railways, in which the actuating current passes along a wire or rail laid in an underground conduit, from which the current is “picked up” by a plow or other device fixed to the car or electric locomotive. Hence . [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]