fistula

(Lat.=a pipe; Fr. fistule.] I. Ord. Lang.: A pipe; a water-pipe, according to Vitruvius, who distinguishes three modes of conveying water: by leaden pipes, by earthen pipes, and by channels of masonry. -ous; Fr. fistuleux .] 1. Hollow like a pipe or reed, but closed at each end like the stems of an onion; fistular. "The same is fistulous and full of filth."-P. Holland: Pliny , bk. xxxvii., ch. viii. 2. Having the form or nature of a fistula. *fist-, a . [FIST (1), s.; -y.) Pertaining to the fists or pugilism; fistic.