conductus 
2. An unendowed chaplain : the name and of- 
fice are both retained at Eton. Lee's Glossary. 
conduct, '' ' [ME. conduct!, counducn, condieit, < 
OF. coiuluirc, F. cnndnire = Pr. eonduire, con- 
durrc = It. ciiiidiirre, < L. conducere, conduce : 
see conduce.] To lead ; conduct. 
To sett hyin in tlie wayu, & cuuHduc hym by the downes. 
Sir Gaivayiie and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1971. 
(i,. we to the assant, that God vs alle condie. 
Rub. of Untune, tr. of Langtoft's Chron., p. 182. 
conduit 1 (kon'- or kun'dit), n. [< ME. conduit, 
condiit, condit, condite, also cundit, cunditc, ciin- 
deth, cundith, etc., < OF. conduit, conduict, con- 
dut, conduct, condit, m., conduct, guidance, es- 
cort, company, conductor, safe-conduct, also a 
way, channel, tube, canal, conduit, F. conduit, 
tube, canal ; OF. also eonditite, f., in like senses, 
F. conduite, conduct, = Sp. Pg. conducta, con- 
duct, conducto, conduit, = It. condotta, conduct, 
condotto, canal, conduit, < ML. conductus, escort, 
etc., also a tube, canal, etc.: see conduct, n.] 
If. Conduct; guidance; escort: in this sense 
now conduct. 
Than the grekes, by agrement, gyffen horn a signe, 
By cttndeth to come, A carpe what bom liste. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 11437. 
And the kynge seide thei sholde haue conduyte with gode 
will, yef thei ask resou. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 82. 
2. A medium or means of conveying ; anything 
serving as a channel for passage or transmis- 
sion. 
Sinue was flret scene in the Deuill, . . . from whom, liy 
the Conduit of Nature, it is conueied to vs. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 28. 
They can and do receive the benefit, for which the cere- 
mony was appointed as a sign and conduit. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 398. 
These organs are the nerves, which are the conduits to 
convey them [sensations] from without to their audience 
in the brain. Locke. 
The king is the conduit through which all the honors and 
emoluments of the government flow. 
Callimm, Works, I. 103. 
3. A pipe, tube, or other channel for the con- 
veyance of water or other fluid. 
There ben no Ryveres ne Welles ; but Watre comethe be 
Condyte from Ebron. Mandemlle, Travels, p. 73. 
The water may be ledde by weies three : 
In channels, or [in] condiles of leede, 
Or elles in trowes ymade of tree. 
PalladiitB, 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., 11. 3. 
4. A natural or artificial reservoir or source 
whence water is distributed ; specifically, the 
former name of fountains built for this purpose. 
[Now rare.] 
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 Cheapside 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 thorough- 
fare was an erection like a tower surrounded by statuary. 
Chainbers'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 passage, usually under 
ground, for the purpose of secret communica- 
tion between apartments. 
conduit 1 (kon'- or kun'dit), f. t. [< ME. con- 
diten, conduct, < condit, escort: see conduit 1 , 
n.] If. To lead; conduct; guide. 
God that is the very guyde, me shall condite and lede 
that in many perilouse 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. 
C0nduit 2 t, n. [ME. 'conduit, coundut, < OF. con- 
duit, condut, < ML. conductus (also fern., con- 
ducta, candticta) (>MLG. canduc), a kind of des- 
cant or motet or anthem in which the melody 
was partly improvised by the leading singer, 
lit. a led or conducted song, being prop. pp. 
(sc. cantus) of L. conducere, lead, conduct: see 
conduce, conduct, i\] A form of vocal composi- 
tion: same as eonduetus, 1. 
At the soper & after, many athel [noble] songe 
As coundutes of kryst-masse, & carole newe, 
With alle the manerly mertlie that mon may of telle. 
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 165S. 
COnduplicant (kon-du'pli-kant), a. [< L. con- 
duplican(t-)s, ppr. of eonduplicare, double to- 
1178 
cone 
gether: see conduplicatc.~\ In bot., folded to- of modern naturalists. The Conditlupa were divided 
gether, as the opposite leaflets of a pinnate leaf 
applied each to the other, face to face, 
conduplicate (kon-du'pli-kat), r. t. pret. and 
pp. condvpUcated, ppr. condtiplicating. [< L. 
conduplinttuit, p[>. of condupliearc, double toge- 
tlier, < com-, together, + duplieare, double : see 
duplicate."] To double; fold together. 
conduplicate, conduplicated (kon-du'pli-kat, 
-ka-ted), . [< L. coitduplicatus: see the verb.] 
Doiibled or folded over or to- 
gether. Specifically (a) In bot. , 
applied to leaves in the bud when 
they are folded down the middle, 
so that the halves of the lamina 
are applied together by their faces. 
Also complicate, (b) In entom., ap- 
plied to the wings of certain wasps 
included in the series Diploptera, 
which are folded longitudinally. 
conduplication (kon-du-pli- 
ka'shon), n. [= F. condupii- 
cation = Pg. conduplicaqao = It. conduplicaziour, 
< L. condiiplic(itio(n-), < eonduplicare, pp. con- 
dupJicatus, double: see conduplicate, v.] A 
doubling; a duplication. [Bare.] 
condurango, . See cundurango. 
condurrite (kon-dur'it), . [< Condurrow (see 
def.) + -ite 2 ."] A peculiar ore of copper origi- 
nally found in a vein in the Condurrow mine 
in Cornwall, England. Its general color is brownish- 
black, with sometimes a tinge of blue. It is probably an 
altered form of an arsenide of copper, like domeykite. 
CondutH, n. and v. An obsolete form of con- 
Sections of Leaf-buds 
with Conduplicate Ver- 
nation. 
into Ajiorttpoda (in the incorrect form fwvp 
ceans, arachnidans, and myriapuds) and Ilexapoda (insects 
proper). 
condylopet (kon'di-lop), . [< NL. condylopus: 
see cottdylopod."] Same as condylopod. Kirby. 
condylopod (kon-dil'o-pod), o. and n. [< 
NL. condylopitu (condi/lojiod-), < Gr. icovSvf.of, a 
knuckle, joint, knob, + Tro/'f (mf>-) = E. foot.] 
I. a. Having articulated legs; arthropodous; 
specifically, of or pertaining to the Condtjlo- 
poda. Also coiidylopodous. 
II. H. A member of the Coiidylnjnida; an ar- 
thropod. 
Condylopoda (kon-di-lop'o-da), n. pi. [NL.. 
neut. pi. of condylopus : see cuiidylopod, and 
cf. Condylnpa.'] If. The proper form of Con- 
dylopa. 2. In Lankester's system of classifi- 
cation, a series of Gnathopoda or Artliropoda, 
including all except Malacopoda (Peripatidea). 
The series is divided into four classes, Crustacea, Hexa- 
2>oda (true insects), Myriapoda, and Aracltnida. [Little 
used. I 
COndylopodous (kon-di-lop'o-dus), a. [As con- 
dyloiiod + -nun."] Same as ctindylopod. 
Gondylura (kon-di-lu'ra), n. [NL.,< Gr. KHV- 
dvAot, a knob, + oiipd, a tail.] 1. A remarkable 
genus of North American shrew-moles, of the 
family Talpidie, having the end of the snout be- 
set with a circular fringe of radiating processes, 
and the tail during the rutting season much 
swollen. The dental formula is, in each half jaw, 3 in- 
cisors, 1 canine, 4 premolars, and 3 molars. There is but 
one species, the star-nosed mole or shrew-mole, C. eri*- 
condut 2 t, n. See conduit*. 
condylar (kon'di-lar), a. [< conilyle + -ar 2 .] 
Pertaining to or characterized by a condyle 
or condyles: as, the condylar surfaces of the 
tibia. 
Condylarthra (kon-di-lar'thra), n. pi. [NL., 
< Gr. ttvttAoc, a knuckle (condyle), + apdpov, 
joint.] A group of fossil mammals from the 
Eocene of North America, related to the Pro- 
boscidea, distinguished by having a postglenoid 
process, a third femoral trochanter, and no cal- 
caneal facet for the fibula. 
The Cotitliflarthra with three tubercles are probably also 
the ancestors of the carnivorous orders. 
fop. Sci. Mo., XXVII. 610. 
COndylarthrous (kon-di-lar'thrus), a. [< Cpn- 
dyltirthra + -OK*.] Pertaining to or having 
the characters of the Condylartkra. 
condyle (kon'dil), n. [= F. condyle = Sp. c6n- 
dilo = Pg. condylo = It. condilo, < L. condylus, < 
Gr. xoveWof, a knuckle, joint, knob ; cf. nAvfoi 
(Hesychius), heads, knobs.] 1. In anat., a pro- 
tuberance on the end of a bone serving to form 
an articulation with another bone : more espe- 
cially applied to the prominences of the oc- 
cipital bone for articulation with the atlas, to 
the prominences at the distal extremity of the 
humerus and femur respectively, and to the 
proximal articular extremity of the lower jaw- 
bone of mammals. The occipital coudyles are lateral 
and paired in Mammalia and Amphibia ; in A ves and Rep- 
tilia the condyle is single and median. See cuts under 
femur, humerux, and skull, 
2. In the arthropod or articulated animals, a 
rounded portion of the hard integument fitting 
into another part to which it is articulated, 
as the proximal ends of the tibi in insects. 
3. An ancient Greek long measure, the eighth 
of a foot. See foot. - Angle of the condyles. See 
craniometry. Occipital condyle. See occipital. 
COndyli, n. Plural of condylus. 
COndylian (kon-dil'i-an), a. [< condyle + -ian.] 
Having a condyle or condyles ; condylar. See 
dicondylian, monocondylian. 
Condyloid (kon'di-loid), a. [= F. condyloide = 
Pg. condyloide, < Gr. * K<n>6v)uoei6Jif, contr. Kov6v- 
AutS^f, < KovAvlof, a knuckle, + tWoc, form.] In 
anat., resembling or shaped like a condyle; re- 
lated to a condyle or condyles Condyloid fora- 
men. See foramen. Condyloid process. Same as ar- 
ticular process of the lower jaip (which see, under articu- 
lar). 
condyloma (kon-di-lo'ma), n. ; pi. eondylomata 
(-ma-ta). [NL., < L. condylus (see condyle) + 
-oma.~\ Inpathol., an excrescence, either syphi- 
litic or non-syphilitic, found about the anus or 
the organs of generation in either sex. 
condylomatous (kon-di-lom'a-tus), a. [< con- 
dylonta(t-) + -ous.~] Pertaining to or resem- 
bling a condyloma. 
Condylopat (kon-dil'o-pa), n. pi. [NL., for Con- 
dylopoda, neut. pi. of condylopus : see condylo- 
pod.~\ A term used by Latreille to designate 
the jointed-legged articulated animals : synony- 
mous with Insecta of Linnaeus and Arthropods 
i > . 
Star-nosed Mole {Condytura cristata). 
tata. The name was really given from the knotted appear- 
ance of the tail in dried specimens, when the skin had 
shrunk on the bones, as represented in some figures of the 
animal in which the tail looks like a string of beads ; it is, 
however, appropriate, since during the rut the tail swells 
to double its usual size, and has a gibbous appearance. 
2f. A genus of crustaceans. Latreille, 1829. 
condylure (kon'di-lur), . An animal of the 
genus Condylura; a star-nosed or button-nosed 
mole. 
Condylureae (kon-di-lu're-e), . pi. [NL., < 
Condylura + -ece,] A section of the family 
Talpidce, represented by the genus Condylura. 
condylus (kon'di-lus), n. ; pi. condyli (-li). [L. : 
see condyle.] A condyle Condylus extensorms, 
the ectocondyle, or outer condyle, of the humerua, to which 
extensor muscles are attached. See cut under hutneruit. 
Condylus flexorius, the entocondyle, or inner condyle, 
of the humerus, to which flexor muscles are attached. See 
cut under huineru*. Condylus mandibularis, the con- 
dyle of the lower jaw. See cut under skull. Condylus 
occlpitalls, either occipital condyle. 
cone (kon), n. [< F. cone = Sp. cono = Pg. cone 
= It. cono, < L. coitus, <. Gr. <ji>of, a cone, peak, 
peg, = L. cuncus, a wedge (> ult. E. coil, coign, 
quoin, q. v.) ; cf. Skt. qdna, a whetstone (= E. 
hone, q. v.), -\/ f<J, sharpen.] 1. In geom.: 
(a) A solid generated by the revolution of a 
right-angled triangle upon one of its sides as 
an axis. In the figure thus generated the base is a cir- 
cle, and the line passing through the vertex and the cen- 
ter of the base (the axis)it perpendicular to the plane of 
the base ; it is specifically termed a right cone, (ft) A 
solid the surface of which consists of a circle, 
which forms its base, and the envelop of all the 
limited straight lines which join the circumfer- 
ence of the circle to a fixed point lying without 
the perpendicular to the circle from its center : 
specifically termed an oblique or scalene cone. 
See conic, (c) In modern geom., any surface 
generated by a line one point in which is fixed. 
2. Anything shaped like a cone. Specifically- 
(a) In but., a dry multiple fruit formed of densely imbricate 
scales, as in the hop, but more especially in the pine, fir, 
and spruce, in which a pair of naked seeds is borne upon 
the upper side of each scale : technically called a strobile; 
in a more general sense, an inflorescence having a cone- 
like shape. See cut on following page. 
Those three chestnuts near, that hung 
In masses thick with milky conex. 
Tennyson, Miller's Daughter. 
(6) In anat. : (1) The conarium, or pineal body of the brain. 
(2) One of the minute cone-shaped structures forming with 
the so-called "rods" a layer of the retina. See retina, 
(c) In conch., a shell of the family ConiVfcr, characterized 
by its obconic form, (rf) The hill surrounding the crater of 
