Artery

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The trachea or windpipe.

II. Artery ·noun Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.

III. Artery ·noun 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.