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n.
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.
p. p.
of Wiredraw
n.
The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue.
n.
One who draws metal into wire.
a.
Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension.
imp. & p. p.
of Wire
n.
One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer.
n.
A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
v. t.
To snare by means of a wire or wires.
imp.
of Wiredraw
v. t.
Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument.
n.
A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire.
n.
Work, especially openwork, formed of wires.
v. t.
To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel.
n.
An instrument somewhat resembling the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small piano. It had strings and keys, but only one wire to a note. The instrument was used in the sixteenth century, but is now wholly obsolete. It was sometimes called a pair of virginals.
v. t.
To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.
v. t.
To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Wiredraw
n.
One who manufactures articles from wire.
v. i.
To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a tenuous stream.
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