Arteries

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Artery \Ar"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Arteries}. [L. arteria windpipe,
     artery, Gr. ?.]
     1. The trachea or windpipe. [Obs.] "Under the artery, or
        windpipe, is the mouth of the stomach." --Holland.
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     2. (Anat.) One of the vessels or tubes which carry either
        venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker
        and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with
        them by capillaries.
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     Note: In man and other mammals, the arteries which contain
           arterialized blood receive it from the left ventricle
           of the heart through the aorta. See {Aorta}. The
           pulmonary artery conveys the venous blood from the
           right ventricle to the lungs, whence the arterialized
           blood is returned through the pulmonary veins.
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     3. Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of
        communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.
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