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Wiring
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Wire
Wire
v. t.
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To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
Wire
v. t.
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To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
Wire
v. t.
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To snare by means of a wire or wires.
Wire
v. t.
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To send (a message) by telegraph.
Wire
v. i.
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To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
Wire
v. i.
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To send a telegraphic message.
Wiredrew
imp.
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of Wiredraw
Wiredrawn
p. p.
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of Wiredraw
Wiredrawing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Wiredraw
Wiredraw
v. t.
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To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel.
Wiredraw
v. t.
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Hence, to draw by art or violence.
Wiredraw
v. t.
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Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument.
Wiredraw
v. t.
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To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction.
Wire-drawer
n.
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One who draws metal into wire.
Wire-heel
n.
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A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.
Wire-puller
n.
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One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer.
Wire-pulling
n.
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The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.
Wire-tailed
a.
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Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.
Wirework
n.
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Work, especially openwork, formed of wires.
Wire-worker
n.
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One who manufactures articles from wire.
Wireworm
n.
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One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub.
Wireworm
n.
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A galleyworm.
Wiriness
n.
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The quality of being wiry.
Wiry
a.
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Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
Wiry
a.
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Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution.
Wis
adv.
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Certainly; really; indeed.
Wis
v. t.
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To think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis.
Wisard
n.
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See Wizard.
Wisdom
a.
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The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity.