wirepan (wirpan)

A pan with a bottom made of wire cloth, used for baking cake, ete. wire-pegger (wir'peg"èr), n. In shoe- manuf., a nailing or pegging-machine for cutting wire pegs from a continuous wire and driving them into shoe-soles; a wire-nailing machine. Compare pegger and nailing - machine. wire-puller (wir'puler), n. the wires, as of a puppet. Hence-2. One who operates by secret means; one who exercises a powerful but secret influence; an intriguer. It was usele now to bribe the Comitia, to work with clubs and wire - pullers. Froude, Cæsar, p. 369. 1. One who pulls IMG:content-2463.png:[blocks in formation]