DUCTING

Verb

ducting

present participle of duct

Noun

ducting (plural ductings)

ductwork

Source: Wiktionary


DUCT

Duct, n. Etym: [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.

2. (Anat.)

Definition: One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber.

Note: Ducts are classified, according to the character of the surface of their walls, or their structure, as annular, spiral, scalariform, etc.

4. Guidance; direction. [Obs.] Hammond.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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