wireworks (wir werks)

pl. and sing. An establishment where wire is made or fitted to some specific use. wireworm (wir' werm), n. 1. The slender hard bodied larva of any one of the click-beetles or snapping-beetles of the family Elateridæ. Some of these larvæ live under the -loose bark of dying trees and in old logs and stumps, many live under while Wheat-wireworm (Larva of Agriotes mancus). ground, and feed on the roots of cereals and on other crops. They remain in the larval state two or more years, and are among the worst enemies of the crops in North America and Europe. Also wiregrub. 2. A myriapod of the genus Julus or of an allied genus; a galley-worm. [U.S.]-3. A para sitic worm of sheep, Strongyl us contort ulus. Hop-wireworm, Agriotes line at us. [Eng.] - Wheat wireworm, Agriotes mancus. See cut above. [U. S.] wire-wove (wir'wov), a. Noting a glazed paper of fine quality, used chiefly for letter-paper. wirily (wir'i-li), adv. In a wiry manner; like wire. My grandfather, albeit spare, was wirily elastic. Landor, Imag. Conv., Queen Elizabeth, Cecil, Anjou, [and Fénélon. wirine (wir'i-nes), n. The state or character of being wiry.