Wire

wīr, n. a thread of metal: the metal thread used in telegraphy, .: the string of an instrument: the slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds: a telegram: ( slang ) a clever pickpocket: ( Shak. ) the lash, scourge.— adj. formed of wire.— v.t. to bind, snare, or supply with wire: to keep the ends of a broken bone together with wire: to send by telegraph.— v.i. to telegraph.— n. Wire′-bridge , a suspension-bridge.— adj. Wired , having wiry feathers.— n. Wire′-dan′cer , a performer on a tight wire.— v.t. Wire′-draw , to draw into wire: to draw or spin out to a great length: to strain or stretch the meaning of anything.— ns. Wire′drawer ; Wire′drawing .— adj. Wire′drawn , spun out into needle fine distinctions.— ns. Wire′-gauze , a kind of stiff close fabric made of fine wire; Wire′-gra , a kind of fine meadow-gra ; Wire′-guard , wire-netting placed in front of a fire; Wire′-heel , a defect or disease of the foot; Wire′-man , one who puts up or takes care of wires; Wire′-net′ting , Wire′work , a texture of wire woven in the form of a net; Wire′-pull′er , one who exercises an influence felt but not seen, as if the actors were his puppets and he pulled the wires that move them: an intriguer; Wire′-pull′ing ; Wī′rer , a snarer; Wire′-rope , a rope of twisted iron or steel.— adj. Wire′-sewed , -stitched , sewed with wire instead of thread.— ns. Wire′way , transportation by means of wires; Wire′work , articles made of wire; Wire′worker ; Wire′working ; Wire′-worm , a name given to the larvæ of click-beetles, from their slenderne and uncommon hardne , very injurious to root, grain, and fodder crops.— adj. Wire′wove , denoting a fine glazed quality of writing-paper.— adv. Wī′rily .— n. Wī′rine , the state of being wiry.— adj. Wī′ry , made of, or like, wire: flexible and strong.— Wire away , or in , to act with vigour.— Pull the wires (see Wire-puller above). [A.S. wír ; Ice. vírr ; perh. conn. with L. viriæ , bracelets.]