| Duct | n. [ L. ductus a leading, conducting, conduit, fr. ducere, ductum, to lead. See Duke, and cf. Douche. ] 1. Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Anat.) One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Bot.) A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Ducts are classified, according to the character of the surface of their walls, or their structure, as annular, spiral, scalariform, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Guidance; direction. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ductile | a. [ L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See Duct. ] 1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] Forms their ductile minds
To human virtues. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads. [ 1913 Webster ] Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. Dryden. -- Duc"tile*ly adv. -- Duc"tile*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ductor | n. [ L., fr. ducere to lead. ] 1. One who leads. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Mach.) A contrivance for removing superfluous ink or coloring matter from a roller. See Doctor, 4. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ductor roller (Printing), the roller which conveys or supplies ink to another roller. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
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