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See cundurango. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 11437. And the kynge seide the i sholde haue conduyte with gode will, yef the i ask res on. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), 1. 82. IMG:content-1019.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors] The king is the conduit through which all the honors and emoluments of the government flow. Calhoun , Works, I. 103. 3. A pipe, tube, or other channel for the conveyance of water or other fluid. There ben no Ryveres ne Welles; but Watre come the be Condyte from Ebron. Mandeville , Travels, p. 73. The water may be ledde by weies three: In channels, or [in] condites of leede, Or elles in trowes tree. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 177. Of the same house Publius and Quintus were, That our best water brought by conduits hither. Shak ., Cor., ii. 3. 4. A natural or artificial reservoir or source whence water is distributed; specifically, the former name of fountains built for this purpose. Be strong in faith, for now the time is nigh That from the conduits of the lofty sky The flood shall fall. Drayton, Noah's Flood. The Cheap side conduits were the most used, as they were the largest and most decorative of these structures. The Great Conduit in the centre of this important thoroughfare was an erection like a tower surrounded by statuary. Chambers's Book of Days . Until ye come unto the chiefest square; A bubbling conduit is set midmost there, And round about it now the maidens throng, With jest and laughter, and sweet broken song. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 3. 5. A narrow walled pa age, usually under ground, for the purpose of secret communication between apartments. conduit1 (kon'- or kun'dit), v. t. [ God that is the very guyde, me shall condite and lede that in many per i louse places me hath ledde. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 622. 2. To convey, conduct, or transmit by or as by a conduit. And his corruption even to this day is still conduited to his undone posterity. Feltham, Resolves, i. 9.