5. (Surg.)
Defn: A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.
6. (Arch.)
Defn: Same as Leader. Prime conductor (Elec.), the largest conductor of an electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or retain the electricity.
CONDUCTORY
Con*duct"o*ry, a. Etym: [LL. conductorius.]
Defn: Having the property of conducting. [R.]
CONDUCTRESS
Con*duct"ress, n.
Defn: A woman who leads or directs; a directress.
CONDUIT Con"duit ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. conductus escort, conduit. See Conduct.]
1. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid. All the conduits of my blood froze up. Shak. This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different conduits, we have drunk. Burke.